lmao no i was choping with it. but i will tell you this my friends call me "breako" becuas if there is even a small chance that the item im holding(must be owned by me) can be broken i will breake it! now there is always the chance that i got a lemon. there could have been an air bubble or some other defect in the molding of the handle. i dont know for sure but i broke it on the back upper side of the handle. i could have been doing something i was not suposed to be doing with it at the time it broke. but its been at least a year since i broke it and i dont remember how i did it. from the looks of it i was using the back of the head as a hammer cuz its all beatup. and the blade is all chipped up as well. i dont think i ever tossed it at anything( i cant toss a hatchet for my life) but i did use it to dig trenches and chop roots and stuff.