You guys are probably way ahead of me on this but I just broke down and purchased a Fast Bucksaw saw and a Littlbug senior stove. Wow!! Both are great additions to my camping gear.
We all have tools that do the work, but only occasionally do you find a tool that gives you pleasure using it; I would suggest that the Fast Bucksaw is one of the few. First and foremost it cuts like a dream, but then as you get to opening and closing it it becomes evident just how much thought has gone into refining the design. Beautiful work!
Some time ago I made a twig stove from one of those chimney charcoal briquet lighter things that you can find in the hardware stores. It works well and I've had a lot of fun fooling with it. But no matter how well I like it, it is heavy and no way will it collapse and pack neatly. So after looking at all the offerings on the market, I bought the littlbug senior.  It's the larger of the two and well made with stainless steel that doesn't feel the least bit flimsy when you get it set up. For me that was one of the most important considerations; don't want the fire escaping or for me to get scalded with a tipped over pot of boiling water. As it comes, it has no bottom to hold the fire so I'm experimenting with various configurations of cake pans and what not on the bottom to hold the fire and more or less insulate the ground from the heat. A work in progress.
What I can tell you so far is that the stove shields the fire from the wind well and would allow me to have a fire under conditions that I wouldn't dare have a open campfire. I'm learning what size of sticks/chunks of wood will produce a sustainable fire with out the necessity of hovering over it all the time. The pot supports allow you room to feed the fire without removing the pot most times. There is a carrying case that you must buy extra but I'm glad I did because it allows all four parts of the stove to be packed neatly and keeps the soot controlled.
All in all I'm glad I got both of the Fast Bucksaw and the Littlbug sn. stove and if your looking for a saw or a stove I recommend them.
Best Wishes, Rob 

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Oldie Moldy wrote on Jun 17^th, 2012 at 6:21pm:

If you have an interest in going this direction, you might consider using a (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links).  Some park/wilderness areas do not permit campfires directly on the forest floor.  You can make a fire on the fire blanket (with a layer of mineral soil on top as additional insulation) and it doesn't bother what is underneath.  I've had occasion to use one in the Sawtooth Range of Idaho.  It worked very well for that purpose (but a pain to carry the additional weight in my backpack).

dd

Kerry wrote on Jun 17^th, 2012 at 9:13pm:

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Another candidate:  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links), but alas, mine lies at the bottom of Buldging Lake in WCPP after last year's trip.  The saw cuts exceptionally well and has the advantage of "no assembly required."  Flip open and you are on your way (with two open locking positions).  An added plus is that your hand is separated from the blade location by a fair distance and you have no depth limit on your cut.  Furthermore, the rubberized handle is long enough to use both hands.  I guess I should mention that the tool is likely of Japanese design, meaning that you tend to cut on the draw rather than the push (although it does cut both ways).

Oddly, it is in the same 1 pound weight class with very similar product costs.

dd

Oldie Moldy wrote on Jun 18^th, 2012 at 12:52pm:

Perhaps I'm a bit more weight conscious than you, but the I too use a spacer between flat surfaces to add a gap.  On my recent trip I used this method to cook cake/muffins via the "steam vat"method.  I placed the item to be cooked into a shallow (cake) pan and then placed that pan into a pot containing perhaps a 1/4" of water and resting on the spacers.  The steam actually cooks the item, which isn't browned, but EXTRA moist!

Oh.  My "light weight" spacers ... small flat rocks I find at the campsite.  I don't actually carry the spacers and if I loose one, there is usually another close about.  (Like the twisted cord clothes line, its a trick I picked up from backpacking.)

dd