Well, I think I just came perilously close to being the first person in history to ask a stupid question <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I did a search to see if I could find any Canadian sites that sold these knives (no point buying an "inexpensive" knife from a USAn web site if I have to sign away my first-born child to pay the exorbitant Customs and Excise fees to Uncle Jean <img src="images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> ) and found a site in BC that sells some pretty nice-looking inexpensive (not "cheap"; my faux pas) knives. One of them looked like the one my instructor-trainer used; the manufacturer was listed as "Erikson". So (here comes the stupid question of the year award) I was about to ask if "Erikson" was a good manufacturer, when I went back to Ragnar's web site and realised the knife that had been recommended to me was "The Mora Knife from KJ Eriksson". So I suppose I'm safe in assuming that Don Dickey simply misspelled "Eriksson", especially as that very knife appears in the KJ Eriksson AB online catalogue. <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I've decided not to go with the "classic" wood-handled Mora, as it doesn't come with a guard. As I stated in my original post, part of the reason I want to buy some of these knives is to allow students to use them when I teach Wilderness First Aid, and it's one less excuse for them to cut their fingers off. I always say, when you're teaching First Aid, it's bad form to maim your students, and it's downright embarrassing if you kill one <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> So I'll probably go with the ugly bright red synthetic handle

(I know, you're probably wondering why someone who doesn't even recognise the name "Ericson" - even misspelled - is qualified to teach Wilderness First Aid. That's just one of the reasons I recommend anonymity on the Internet) <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />