Faulty new BK7 - Mr. Becker can you please help us with RMA?

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Hello Mr. Becker,

I need your help please. I can't contact you directly, I don't have your email address and PM doesn't work here, I was trying to add you on Facebook couple weeks ago (Marek P..., H&K logo instead of profile picture) to send you a message.

My friend soldier from the Czech army recently bought new Becker BK7 from some Czech survival/army shop (not a well know shop). When he tried the knife for the first time, the blade was instantly damaged.
He tried to chop some small thin branches from a dead tree. It was a soft wood (spruce) and inside the branches it wasn't anything metallic - nail or something like that, he checked it multiple times. Not even a knag.
The blade is deformed like it was made from some aluminium. I am thinking, that this piece somehow skip hardening process in the factory. It bend instantly after hitting the thin branch.
I can send the blade in the USA of course by the Post Office, but it will take two weeks at least. And of course I need a address where to send it.

I am adding pictures of the damaged blade and bill from the Czech shop. The shop instantly denied RMA, they say that the knife is not for chopping wood or anything similar (they should watch some BK7/9 in action :-) ).
And according to them the blade damage was caused with mistreatment from the owner. I have a RMA protocol from the shop also, but it is in Czech language, so I am not adding it, it's pointless.

Can you please help us with RMA directly in the Ka-Bar factory? Thank you very mutch for your help.

My email address is: mkabar(at)gmail(dot)com


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I've never seen anything like that on any knife. Not saying you're full of it, but it is definitely convincing that the damage was caused by mistreatment. I hope it works out for you. Have you tried contacting Ka-Bar?
 
CM_Rick said:
I've never seen anything like that on any knife. Not saying you're full of it, but it is definitely convincing that the damage was caused by mistreatment.
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Yeah. The coating missing and being smoothed out says it was used for something for other than chopping a few small branches. Not my business though so ill stay out of it. If Kabar fixes/replaces it they a better company than I already give them credit for cause I doubt any other companies would. Agree with it being misused/ abused.
 
CM_Rick said:
I've never seen anything like that on any knife. Not saying you're full of it, but it is definitely convincing that the damage was caused by mistreatment. I hope it works out for you. Have you tried contacting Ka-Bar?
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The strange part is where it's severely damaged the actual cutting edge looks to be intact still. The steel behind the edge looks to have rolled.
 
It looks to me like more than a soft branch was in play, but I'm not holding the knife, and I don't make the determinations.
 
I've accidentally batoned wood with nails and screws in it before with my bk2 and it suffered nothing more than some micro chips...if this was from abuse then there should've been signs of damage long before it reached this extent.
 
It's not my knife and I don't have it at home yet. Also I was not present when it happend. Owner said that he took it to chop some small thin branches to start a fire and he didn't notice the damaged blade immediately. He checked every chopped piece and he didn't find anything metallic inside the tree. Also damage from impact on metal usually chips some pieces and destroy edge line. This has intact edge line as Bobby3326 said, but it is bend. I am still thinking, that this blade is not hardened. After I will get the knife (owner will sent it to me) I will make some test. But I am guessing that the blade is really soft.
 
You guys are a bunch of conspiracy theorists, lol. That's a soft blade, no matter what was done to it.
 
CM_Rick3 said:
but it is definitely convincing that the damage was caused by mistreatment.
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Ulf Krogstad said:
Agree with it being misused/ abused
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spikebot587 said:
It looks almost as if was shot with a small caliber firearm
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Really guys? I doubt any of you can bend/roll edge on properly heat treated Ka-Bar, as seen in this picture, without breaking/chipping it first.
 
Have I shot a becker? No, but I have use many different things as targets with many different guns. I have seen metal roll over in similar ways after being shot. Not saying that's what happened, in fact i highly doubt thats what happened, just that it looks like that
 
I've beat the snot out of a lot of knives, all different steels, all different heat treat methods and brands and this is a heat treat problem. That steel should have chipped long before it rolled like that, regardless of what it cut. Looks like a defect to me. I hope you get it sorted out.
 
If what you said is true then kabar quality has really gone down since Toooj left. Also you're not the only one my friend had a becker knife with a hardness of 50rc. We contacted kabar and it was replaced. Good customer service? Yes., would I trust my life on it? No. I love the designs but the quality isn't just there.



 
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