Goodbye my friend....

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Giorgos

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Update:

sorry for the crappy cell phone pic

Here it is.... Its almost starting to look like a collection :)

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and also included....

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LOL!

Update:

Hey people,

Mr. Hjortberger send me an email today, regarding the broken knife, which I have sent a couple of weeks ago to Fallkniven for inspection.

The knife was examined in Sweden, and then was also sent to Japan, to be more thoroughly examined.

It was concluded that it was a defective one, so....it will BE REPLACED! (even though Fallkniven is well aware of the kind of use I was doing at the time it broke)

As I understand it 99,9% of F1s out there, would have had no problem at all at this particular situation. I was just unlucky enough to buy one out of two-three knives that come with defects every year.

About the whole warranty/replacement thing....well let's just say that I seriously doubt that any other company out there would take such an interest in resolving this.

Happy as a clam.

Thank you bladeforum. The outcome of this thread is far beyond my expectations, if there where any to begin with.


Original Post:

A couple of misplaced hits with a wooden mallet while splitting some seasoned beech, and the blade snapped.
It was a great knife. Sharp as a razor yet strong as a mule. So simple and so elegant. Without a doubt, a gentleman's knife.
Farewell old buddy, you will be missed.

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edit: Have a look at this also please and tell me what you think
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Oh, the humanity!

At least you were enjoying it when this happened...
 
Beautiful knife. If I were you, I'd call up Fallkniven and talk about receiving a replacement. They are expensive knives, and it seems odd for a knife of that quality to break like that.
 
Yeah I don't think that is normal Fallkniven's VG-10 is a reasonably tough steel and preformed great in one of the Noss ( I think that's his name ) guys destruction test.
 
hope you weren't injured.
that was definitely a beautiful knife.
 
Catch 22 situation: it was probably a bad heat treat on the manufacturer's part, but you were "abusing" the knife (by manufacturer standards).
 
Why do you have to tell them ALL the details of how it was broken. They are a big company and will/should replace it, just lighten up the description of use/abuse a little to just hard practical use. It was cold and raining and had to baton to get dry wood should be good enough.

Try getting them to replace it, there is a lot of fallkniven love around here and many would be interested how they treat you

Update us and regards
 
Well, now that I m starting to get over my loss, and promptly will be re-evaluating my next month's budget priorities, any suggestions on any GREAT knife to replace the f1?
Keep in mind that since the day I bought the F1, it has become MY ONLY knife. I carried it all the time with me when I was outdoors, buttoning the hell out of it, cooking with it, eating with it, carving with it, making love with it etc....Used it around the house too. Only 4 days ago, I was buttoning frozen oak with it, while camping in a snowy forest.
Size, shape, feel, comfort, sharpness, ease of maintenance etc where excellent for me, but I would not say no to a knife that would perform even better in these areas.
I will not buy an F1 again, I would like to discover a new knife-experience.And I will not contact fallkniven too. Had it, used it, broke it....its over.
Appreciate your input lads.
 
Giorgos said:
Well, now that I m starting to get over my loss, and promptly will be re-evaluating my next month's budget priorities, any suggestions on any GREAT knife to replace the f1?
Keep in mind that since the day I bought the F1, it has become MY ONLY knife. I carried it all the time with me when I was outdoors, buttoning the hell out of it, cooking with it, eating with it, carving with it, making love with it etc....Used it around the house too. Only 4 days ago, I was buttoning frozen oak with it, while camping in a snowy forest.
Size, shape, feel, comfort, sharpness, ease of maintenance etc where excellent for me, but I would not say no to a knife that would perform even better in these areas.
I will not buy an F1 again, I would like to discover a new knife-experience.And I will not contact fallkniven too. Had it, used it, broke it....its over.
Appreciate your input lads.
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You may want to go with Esee or Becker....because of their great warranties.
 
Thrustus said:
Not as strong as a mule.
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Oh? How many Mules have you ever smacked with a mallet... Go ahead... Find a mule, start hitting him with a mallet... see how far you get. :)

For reference, look up the old Anderson Fairy Tale of "Great Claus and Little Claus" (sp?)
 
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