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Why would you need a santoku, bunka and petty all pretty much the same size, and add a similarly-sized honesuki into the mix..? I guess you've got differences in heel height but I can't think of many times I'd reach for the two things which sit between the gyuto's height and length or the petty.. Is your honesuki single bevelled? Interesting that that can be come the daily driver.
Also, how's the strength of that bamboo magnet strip? I have a zyliss wood one which is temperamental because the magnets are spaced out at intervals, and it really doesn't play nice with my heavier knives..
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I enjoy spending time in the kitchen & cooking. l like nice tools made well for a specific task.
The santoku & bunka are very similar for sure (bunka has a very thin blade compared to santoku though), but apart from those two, they are all good at separate specific tasks. The petty was easily the one used most often (as can be seen by the wear) but the recently aquired honesuki has now taken that spot.
You could 100% get by with just two of them (three if you eat bread), but nicely made kitchen utensils and knives are things that I get a lot of satisfaction from using daily, and they are nice things made by humans that last a long time if you treat them well, so are things I choose to spend money on.
Also: why not?
I haven’t spent any money on bikes for a very long time if that makes any difference.