Yeah, that isn't supposed to happen. I have the Larger Heavy Bowie, and it has gone through some tough pieces of wood. I would be surprised if Ka-Bar refused to replace it.
Granted, it is true that batoning is pretty rough on a knife, especially when you find a nice tough knot that traps the blade against it and won't budge. Not hard to break knives that way, and the Heavy Bowie, while not tempered particularly hard, has a relatively thin grind for a heavy use knife.
Granted, it is true that batoning is pretty rough on a knife, especially when you find a nice tough knot that traps the blade against it and won't budge. Not hard to break knives that way, and the Heavy Bowie, while not tempered particularly hard, has a relatively thin grind for a heavy use knife.
I mean really,,,something is wrong when a piece of crap $9.99 knife survives a test that a much higher price knife could not. No,, I think I'll pass on the Ka-Bar Heavy Bowie, at least for now anyway. I might just order 4 of the "rough use knives" for the same price as one Ka-Bar cost. At least I won't have to worry about them breaking while being a little rough & tough on them! 
