I put some aged industrial micarta on one of the blades and sharpened it.
Knife is .160" thick, 4" sharpened, 8 3/4" oal drop point. Rc at 63.5.

After some serious batoning and shaving a chunk of very hard aged beech, still shaving sharp.
I will do a couple more similar sessions, but expect more of the same for edge holding.

Sorry that I am pictorally challenged or I would post some pics.
I have 6 more blades of various patterns to handle plus my nephew has two he hollow ground.
I think they are keepers. My "For Tim" pile keeps growing. I may have to let Vince thin the herd for me.

Tim

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein

At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".