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/phoenix_e419 4d ago

My Easton sabre exploded into three pieces on a thrust. I've also seen two other Eastons break and three Kvetun arming swords.

I'm no metallurgist but my theory is that their heat treatment is generally too hard as personally I've never seen them take a set or edge damage, they just snap with little provocation.

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u/transaltalt 3d ago

what does it mean to take a set?

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u/phoenix_e419 3d ago

To become bent and not be able to bend back fully. Sometimes a blade bends and you try to bend it back to straight but it wont. Often this happens and it is not a huge issue if it is just a gentle curve over a long distance however if it is a severe or acute bend it can render a blade unusable.