I like to think it would be the same...but who knows.

To me that's like losing any warranty on a tire that went flat 3 blocks from the tire shop because you drove the car back on the spare. A carbon steel knife is going to need to be field sharpened now and then...it happens (though it should never need to happen every time...or the first time).

I've spent a good part of the afternoon looking at the Skookum knife...I think I'm a bit too impulsive to wait that long though it is very nice.