Cutting: started cutting cardboard, it cut through it easily. Then I cut some 10,000 lb rated webbing, making very easy controlled cuts. I cut through aluminum cans and a plastic bottle. I went back to the webbing. we lost a little of the edge on the cans but a few passes on a DMT fine stone and the edge came back nice and sharp.
Sheet metal: I stabbed the tip in some light gauge sheet metal, causing a little chipping but the tip remained intact.
Tip work: I did some digging into a 2x6, no tip breakage occurred.
Concrete: chopped into concrete, no chipping or edge rolling occurred, just some denting. using a wooden baton, I hammered the edge into the concrete block breaking it apart. I finally broke the handle during the batoning.
Flex test: The blade flexed to about 50 degrees before the tip broke off.
Overall: the Moran clipper did fairly well for what it is, a very inexpensive work knife. The Moras downfall in the end was the very shallow partial tang that couldn't handle the impact of the baton on the concrete. If it wasn't for this the knife would have lasted much longer. The steel is very flexible and tough.
Field/outdoor test coming up soon.
