Hi all -
I wanted to share the results of a little test I conducted this afternoon. It is by no means conducted to the same level as the tests that the guy at the Blade conducts, but I was only trying to see how the parkerized finish would hold up to some abuse.

That said, the test was designed more or less mimic normal activites that a military knife might see. Throughout my time in the in the military it seems that most uses my knives saw was cutting MRE packages, boxes of some sort, plastics, rope/cord, and on occassion some wood for a fire.

I'll keep this short and to the point.

The details:
Knife - Model 14, parkerized finish.
Test(s):
-1: Stabbed, slashed, chopped a 5 gallon bucket with 300+ cuts.
-2: Used 200+ cuts to chop a 1X4 piece of Pine in half.
-3: Made 100+ cuts to several heavy carboard boxes.
-4: Drew the knife from the sheath 200+ times.

Outcome: The finish held up GREAT! There were no spots were the finish was worn through to the metal from the tests. It looked as though all the cutting only polished up certain areas of the finish.

Following the tests and some pics, I cleaned the knife up, resharpened it, and then snapped some more pics.

- Rob