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After reading this forum for about a month, I decided to buy the Wetterling chopping axe. I received it this evening, gave it a few passes on a foam pad and 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper,and went out back to the wood pile. I was impressed by the big chunks this axe took out of some recently downed oak. Unfortunately though, I may have hit a knot on the toe because my brand new blade crumpled on the top edge. Is this to be expected? I've had beater axes that have had similar problems when I wasn't careful and hit some concrete, but I've never seen an edge bludgeoned when it hit wood. I've reground that part of the blade with one of my triangular diamond rods and smothed the blade out with some emery cloth, 400, and then 600 grit sandpaper but wondered if there is something wrong with the axe, not just my technique. Should I be concerned? Thanks.