I think I did the impossible - bent my CAK - I'm heartbroken

if you haven't sent it back yet, you could try a bent test... nothing crazy. comp the knife hard into something solid (log, chopping block), then lean your body weight carefully and with thoughts of follow through should it bend or break. lean more. and more. see what happens in either direction.

pretty much no human being should be cable to bend a CAK this way. certainly not flex it even. if you can bend it, something is wrong.

be careful if it breaks, don't let yourself run into a sharp bit...
 
I actually did do this type of test, along with some others, all very unscientific but I tried - Richard even offered to do some high tech MP/xray/rockwell type testing on it to find something conclusive, but HI took care of everything in the end, and Ms. Yangdu has been very, very gracious about the whole thing. Had she told me it was my fault I would have accepted that, so I feel she went above and beyond in that regard.
 
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Howard Wallace said:
I don't think a forged chunk of leaf spring is likely to bend under chopping use and then go into a condition where it will not bend. It is more likely it was forged that way.

I could be wrong. It has happened before.
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I agree with Howard. I would be willing to bet that's the way it was forged. You are _much_ more likely to have dinged/rolled the edge, than to have bent the whole blade to that extent. You would really have to put some huge lateral pressure on the side of the blade to have bent it in that direction.

But see about getting it fixed as Karda suggests or sending it back if it bugs you. It shouldn't be out of line, but I'll bet there are still several guys here who would like to put it to good use if they got it as a DOTD blem.
 
Snow, I agree with the much more experienced members. It probably arrived that way. When they arrive, I tend to be so overwhelmed that it's hard to be objective! I actually tested every big khuk I have by placing them one by one in the "V" of an oak tree and leaning on them. I'm about 180 lbs and over six foot by a few inches. This allowed me to really lean into them and, before I knew it, I was bouncing against the blade. Even my M-43, which is between 5/16 and 3/8 inch, just flexed some and pushed me back into position. My non-chiruwa WW IIs returned true also. In the past, I wondered how these things could be so strong. Then I thought of the fact they were leaf springs prior to becoming knives. They held incredible loads under horrible road conditions. I've seen a few, very few, curved blades on the forum in the year or so I've been around here. Auntie is always on them when they pop up. Take care and good luck.
 
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