Reddit reviews Mundial 5610-8 8-Inch Cook's Knife, Black

You could do one of the other commercial kitchen-type knives easily enough:

These are pretty common in commercial kitchens. I have one for a beater knife at home (Like take outside for watermelons, camping, etc), and it's been great.

or if you don't want that, a Dexter Russell which is also a common brand in commercial kitchens.

I'm assuming your mundial was something like this) right? I'm inclined to just suggest the typical Victorinox Fibrox or Tojiro DP as a replacement, but since you asked for really really good steel, I think the Tojiro Pro R-2 might be up your alley.

R-2 gets really sharp and has really good edge retention, and Tojiro generally makes a comfortable and lightweight knife. And aside from the fact that it would be terrible for the knife anyway, you could continue your current maintenance habits and not need to buy a honing rod. Though it may be worth upgrading your stone depending on what you use currently.

For all the computer stuff... sell it. It is worth more now than it every will be in the future. You aren't going to use it and if you ever use it again, when you do it will seem slow compared to everything else out there. Also, if you are going for a low cost rental unit, it will be outside and the humidity, heat, cold, etc (depending on where you live) will not be great for it.

I had a storage unit for 2 or 3 months between apartments once. I went with the indoor, climate controlled, place because I didn't want my stuff to get all weird from the traditional storage places. I think it was around $50/month. $50 * how long you're gong to use it? How much will a new computer cost when you want a desktop again... how much better will computers be at that time? Question peripherals. I used to have everything under the sun... now I have nothing. I never really needed it. Wires... again, it many cases you can just buy what you need for not much money if you need it again. I carted around a garbage bag full of wires for years. I hardly ever used it and when I did it was hard to find things. With amazon, monoprice, etc... most wires are almost free.

Kitchen gear can be all over the place. If you have a $300 chef's knife.. you may want to hang onto that. You can spend that much on a knife, but I was looking at getting something along these lines, which has amazing reviews and seems to be the style used it most high volume kitchens (from what I've read). It may not be buy-it-for-life, but I don't need to worry about it and it's only $25 so if it came down to it, I could toss it out if need be. If you are talking about ovens, refrigerators, high end mixers, etc.... well, that's another story. You need to think about where you'll be living in the future. Will you buy or rent, most rentals will have that stuff... many homes also come with them. It might be another case where you're better off selling.

I have one of these, which is good and cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/Mundial-5610-8-8-Inch-Cooks-Knife/dp/B000M4EE2O/

Mine has a green handle, because at the time the green one was $16, so I went for the cheapest option.