DUH!<br><br>Here I am, Dr. John, studying the cutting edge of survival techniques. I boasted to my wife of my new knowledge of the esoteric Swedish knife-holding techniques and showed her a printout of the pictures from the Swedish-language website. <br><br>She critiqued them, explaining that she has used 4 of the 6, some since girlhood. She also spontaneously explained the useful application of #3, "Talja mot brostet," the one I was uneasy about (although I had not mentioned that to her).<br><br>And we've been married 17 years. And I didn't have a clue.<br>But she may not be typical. She's a registered dietitian, the head of a hospital's food service department, and a superbly talented cook at home. But, still, she learned at least one of the techniques as a little girl. <br><br>The only balm to my plummetting ego is that at least I was smart enough to have grabbed her 20 years ago. Now if I only raise these subjects of conversation a little sooner, maybe I can compress my learning curve. Maybe even get it down to a few years.<br><br>John<br><br>P.S. One observation I've made about this website, as well as some other similar and excellent survival, outdoors, and shooting websites is that most of the participants seem to be men. We might be missing something.<br><br>