I just wanted to through my two bits in as well, Dan's knives are of top notch quality to begin with and given his quality to price ratio is by far the best in any industry in my opinion. As Dan continues to work with different designs and steels to keep that positive edge (so to speak) to continue his products down the road, every once in awhile there may or may not be either a defect or a design flaw. I'm thinking that it may be some impurities in Horn Dogs stock he had purchased. Rest assure Dan will make good on any problems with his products and out of all knives I have bought in the past, it is the Scrap Yard knives that I have bought the most. I can vouch for these knives being tough and they have been used on the Space Shuttle, various aircrafts, in the woods and even at Disney World as well with no failure. If Dan release it, I will definitely have no problem with buying one and if there is a defect in the model Dan will make it right.
I think everybody needs to chill just a little until the problem is found.