I use the 31 inch root slayer and it has been crazy durable along with the being the best root cutter I have used. I have used it to pry stuff that I shouldn't have but it has never broke or bent. Sorry your luck hasn't been as good.
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The root slayer was slayed by a root. I was surprised how easily this snapped in half. I wasn't even leaning into it or anything.
I use the 31 inch root slayer and it has been crazy durable along with the being the best root cutter I have used. I have used it to pry stuff that I shouldn't have but it has never broke or bent. Sorry your luck hasn't been as good.
Sorry to hear this. Those are pretty tough. Probably a heat-treating issue. It was probably hardened but failed to do a drawback annealing to take out the brittleness.