Well, I did put the S5 to a good test, bad part is no pics. I set out on a small hike down a steep rugged dry canyon, only items were basic survival. what turned out to be just a scouting trip for some deer had me want to really test this blade out besides beating on it around home.
At the bottom of the canyon was a small spring, and an old can someone left for times past, so the S5 came into action, it penetrated and cut the can nicely to hold some of the water, (like a cup). Next I had to make a fire, so cutting V-notch's into some cedar and big oak limbs gave me some wood. I batoned through each kinds quite easily, and shaved some bark for fire starter. OK I have me some safe water and fire, I'm good to go. Lets see I have some rope in my pack, I need to build a snare, I stripped some limbs on a tree that had some spring to it, and used the tip to make some holes for the trigger,..success, after that made some "rambo" type traps, by sharpening sticks and using the S5 to dig holes in the hard clay and rocky ground and then buried one end of them, I experienced no problems at all, I used the tip for prying some dead fall and made a few fire ants mad in the process and let them have a few bites at the S5.
Well it was time to head back up the trail, the S5 with its coating wore pretty well took some good abuse and proved that it was more than capable of helping me survive should I have needed to
