Crappy Kershaw Breaks tip!?!

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Hi, My dad is into small classic lockback pocket knives. So when I was on BladeHQ I seen the Kershaw Grant County and jumped on it for fathers day. When he received it, he loved it. But then the tip broke off during basic cutting tasks. He was opening a box and when he pulled the knife out it snagged and the tip snapped. I just don't understand how a knife could snap so easy! What would cause this? (The blade steel is 8cr13mov. btw.) Any info would be great!
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~Zach
 
Sounds like you got an anomaly. Kershaw has great customer service probably best in the industry call them they will help you out no questions asked.
 
bad_juju said:
Sounds like you got an anomaly. Kershaw has great customer service probably best in the industry call them they will help you out no questions asked.
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I agree. Kershaw has pretty much the best CS that I've seen from a knife company.
See how they handle it.
 
Sounds like a heat treat flaw or a microfracture in the blade. Like others have said, contact Kershaw and they'll make it right.
 
Bigfatts said:
Send it to Kershaw, they will send you a new one.
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This is not accurate.

I'm also confused on how you're all coming to conclusions here. While you can send the knife in, tips don't just fall off over general cutting tasks. Whatever the case, as always we stand behind our products.
 
i had a friend break the tip off of his... he used it to pry the hitch open on my boat trailer. I watched it happen. It was a job for a pry bar/screw driver, not a pocket knife

if you pry with a knife, it can break... so don't
 
ZippoZach said:
When he received it, he loved it. But then the tip broke off during basic cutting tasks. He was opening a box and when he pulled the knife out it snagged and the tip snapped.
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How is this physically possible? When pulling a knife out of a "box", it is vacating space and is not in contact with anything. How can it snag and snap?

Are you sure there wasn't any twisting and prying of something?
 
CWL said:
How is this physically possible? When pulling a knife out of a "box", it is vacating space and is not in contact with anything. How can it snag and snap?

Are you sure there wasn't any twisting and prying of something?
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I'm mystified by this too and wondered if it was just me? NEVER seen a knife break without using some kind of prying action to it. :confused:
 
Yes. WAY too many people blame the knife (tool) instead of their own misuse & abuse.
 
Perhaps a staple or a hard metal object inside the box caused the tip to break off? I've seen this happen quite a few times, especially with staples. I've definitely put a nasty chip in an edge once or twice due to an unseen staple.
 
Tony8179 said:
Perhaps a staple or a hard metal object inside the box caused the tip to break off? I've seen this happen quite a few times, especially with staples. I've definitely put a nasty chip in an edge once or twice due to an unseen staple.
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Yeah, I kept picturing one of those big copper-looking staples. More details and pictures would be helpful.
 
Honestly on a knife you paid $14 for I'd try to re-profile the tip. Spending $6 dollars to ship it, and wait a week or so doesn't seem worth it.
 
As far as I know, Kershaw doesn't use any staples on their boxes. At least all the Kershaws I've ever had didn't. I can't see any possible way the blade could snap getting "caught" on the box. What actually happened?
 
DrOpPoInT1110 said:
As far as I know, Kershaw doesn't use any staples on their boxes. At least all the Kershaws I've ever had didn't. I can't see any possible way the blade could snap getting "caught" on the box. What actually happened?
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He was opening a box, not the box it came in :)
 
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