In wrapping up at work last night, I was wiping down my blade and handles with alcohol and noticed a line on the tang coming from the pivot area of one of the handles.
Turns out it wasn't a scratch or line of dirt but a crack that goes all the way through the tang.
This knife maybe has been dropped twice, from waist height and I don't flip it around trying to do tricks. It's just a cool work knife and not a toy in my use cases.
I also clean it after every night it goes to work with me and I would have seen it had it been there the last time I used it.
My real concern is if I send this to Golden for warranty inspection, is getting a balisong back as troublesome as getting an auto back? Also does anybody know ( or think ) it would be fruitless to send it in for inspection since it had fallen from my truck seat onto pavement? It was a maximum maybe 2 1/2 foot drop as it was under my leg when I got out. Should a well treated S30V crack like this from such a short fall? (If that was indeed the cause)
Has anybody seen this before?
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