Personally, I think these types of tests have some merit to them. By showing how much serious abuse one of these knives can take and remain in good shape for me inspires a lot of confidence. It's nice to know that, if I needed to, I could chop my way through a brick wall with my knife, or cut my way through a car door. I have no plans to do that, but if my knives can do THESE tasks, they can do other, equally rough tasks as well.

There's nothing worse than a tool breaking when you need it the most. Seeing these types of results gives me the confidence to abuse these knives if necessary.