wow, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel. OP should get the best blade he can for his budget, not a bunch of cheap azz chinese junk.
That is usually how you break 'em. Actually cutting that table with the laminated plywood would be really hard to do with a knife and probably took considerable force to accomplish.
People love those knives and they really aren't a bad choice for a survival knife. The Condor rep told me they sell the crap out of them.