I think the Ranger did well. Any knife that survives being beaten on with a sledge hammer and chopped through concrete block repeatedly is good to go in my book. The forces applied from a big dude bouncing up and down with his body weight on a knife tang are greater than anything I would need from a knife. Not surprising to me that a knife would break from these forces and I consider the Ranger knife to be more than adequate for my needs. Although I do prefer the res-c over micarta. The S6 rules and I am glad I got 2. Now my 2 boys can have one of the toughest knives on the block.