Not to try to dictate anyone's knife preferences, but you should look for high-end stainless steel (S30V in the original, M390 in the second generation version), drop point, and plain-edge.
As of the holiday, my children all have monogrammed orange-handle RSK Mk1 minis in M390, matching my full-size Mk1.
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