I wanted to post over here on the scrapyard forum, so I could get some of your input. I recently acquired a scrapper 6 from a balde forums member. I have used it very little. I was doing some batoning this weekend and the res-C handle split at the top. I have since emailed PATTI @ scrapyard knives about this. By no means am I complaining about the knife, I absolutely love it. I am just trying to see how common this is. I never hit the handle directly, cause im sure this question will arise. Th e1st picture was a few weekends ago.