Broken Kvetun Easton saber blade!

I’ve already reached out to Kvetun, so this isn’t a customer service post but I’ve never seen an Easton blade break before and we have many of them at our club and have for a couple years. The saber is only about 6 months old, used maybe weekly and only in a few tournament bouts. It broke during light drills against an identical blade. The grain structure looks a tiny bit coarse to my untrained eye. Was pretty crazy as we’ve never seen one of these break!

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u/Investedbutbored 4d ago

I've not found their customer service to be very helpful myself, but hopefully they take care of you

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u/duplierenstudieren 4d ago

Actually I'd say the customer service is Kvetuns saving grace.

I've broken a few Kvetuns at this point and if it wasn't for their great customer service I would downright discourage people from them. Quality control seems to be lacking.

I have broken 2 Kevtun blades, a handle in the first month and one of my replacements takes a set after every little thrust.

But I got two swords for the prize of one xd

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u/Investedbutbored 4d ago

Oh really? My guard for a polish sabre broke, they would only send me a new one if I paid for it, plus shipping. About half the price of a new sword.

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u/duplierenstudieren 4d ago

Huh, my experience is 3 years old at this point and I don't buy from them anymore, so maybe it changed.

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u/Investedbutbored 4d ago

Maybe I caught them on a bad day, who knows