We have a fast rainstorm moving through right now. I was up at the ranch, built a classic TEEPEE assembly of kindling, fuzz sticks, broken branches and finally freshly split billets of Eucalyptus. I scraped some sparks with the metal match and watched with satisfaction as the fire ignited, gained strength and then suddenly die.I repeated my efforts and checked for ground drafts. The fire again died. About this time Jose, the orchard manager drove by. They burn slash on these days and I could see the smoke rising beyond in the rows of lemons. Jose slowly got out, looked at my efforts and shook his head. "Patron, the weather, she no like fire this day" He then produced a can of Chicano lighter fluid ( gasoline) and doused my teepee. Within minutes a black plume worthy of Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves was defying the elements. Tom's observations on knives is interesting. I find myself reaching for a Leukko-Puukko combination set in spite of their shortcomings ( big knife -little knife in common sheath.) I know there have been similar hunter combinations offered. My other knife duos are perhaps better: The pairing of two knives with similar ergonomics seems to enhance familiarity.