So unlike other sites. I don't have to explain that this isn't abuse to a Scrapyard knife <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />. I tested the knife on cutting through hard aged wood, tip strength, batoning, feather stick and a notch haha, prying and just some fun stuff. Here are the pics. The 311 performed excellently. And the edge took no chips, dings, dents or rolls. It was duller. Thats to be expected though. However it would still push cut computer paper, but failed phonebook and notebook paper. It didn't take long to bring the edge back to newspaper push cutting sharp on my sharpmaker ( thats all I have used for awhile ). Enjoy!