very well,
I was camping, and while collecting wood, I was taking some pretty hard shots at the limbs of a fallen tree. It was quite dark, and my flashlight was almost dead, so the blows were not well aimed. At some point I noticed the choping was getting very difficult. Noticed that about 1/2 an inch was missing from my blade. I figure it cracked along the temper line, but Eric can be the judge of that. I had been using the Rat for about a month pretty heavily.
In all honesty, I should have been using a hatchet, but I didn't have one with me, somthing I will not be going without again