Doug recently updated his "Sharps" article with mention of Mora knives. What is, and also important what is not a Mora? These are very popular with many instructors, writers and people in general. Moras are thin ( .098), scandinavian ground ( a simple V ) of quality steel and inexpensive. The tang is a rattail with a differential temper. You will bend a Mora before breaking one. Steels are either carbon or the respected SANDVIK stainless steel. Rockwell is a hard 59. This translates into a tough edge with an easily sharpened geometry. Nobody likes to invest in a $100+ knife and realise they haven't a clue to sharpen the thing properly. The carbon version is one of the few knives that will actually throw sparks with native flints ( any fine grained, hard rock.) This isn't the easiest fire strategy anyway, but I enjoy frustrating the "Anthony Hopkins" telling me about making fire from ice and wearing stainless blades <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />. You will want to dress the spine with a file to improve the spark. The wooden handled versions ( red painted birch) are a nightmare with wet or tired hands. If you buy one sand the handle! There are composit handles versions with a small lower guard.These are much more user friendly for beginers. You even get a sheath with a Mora! It's black,plastic and very secure. So thats what you get for $9. It won't split billets with batoning ( I have managed smaller billets of softwood.) It will shave feather sticks ( use the curve behind the point) better than anything, teach sharpening and outcut anything. At the price you can buy a few, learn and stash the survivors as spares. The Swedish Air Force actually used them in their surival kits before Fallkniven!