I don't feel the need to "destruction" test any of my Busse/Swampy/Yard blades to satisfy myself simply because so many other people have already done it for me. I do understand that you want to be sure you spent good money for the extra performance but the reality of the situation is that at some point you do need to trust all the information that is already out there or you can keep going in circles. I have lots of Busse at home, more than some less than others but certainly enough $$ wise to buy myself a new car if it were all sitting there as $s. The very simple fact is that the VAST majority of us will never ever require the blades we buy to perform at that fullest and no amount of unscientific testing will now show much more than is out there.

Simply testing a single blade (eg 1x 711)is subjective in that that blade may be a stellar example of the breed or it may be the rare lemon, the testing will only relate to that single blade. To make such testing worthwhile you would need to test 5 or 10 x 711s in the same manner and average the results. I have some background in weapon trials and procurement BTW.