Now I know some of you have looked forward to me beating up and maybe even breaking this Chris Reeve Green Beret knife.I gave this one a good workout! It chopped fairly well for this type knife. I pounded it throught this hard maple. The swedged point chopped off my baton! The tip of the baton went flying off, but I retrieved it for your viewing pleasure. I got a bigger baton and hammered the S30V blade on through the log. It took me three tries, but I finally stuck it. I thought the Seal 2000 threw better. The GB survived it all just fine.