i have a suspicion that leatherman screwed up the quality and manufacture of the Blast/Kick/Fuse, and for that reason it has been discontinued. i'm reading a lot of breakages of those 3 models over the net.
It's the same like other products. Sometimes consumers feel so great that manufacturer honor their warranty with fabulous uunconditional one to one exchange but actually they have have been slapped by many to do these exchanges.
Mmmm. .. on the other hand, those break off cross sections looks like powdery bricks. Is it because they are carbon based steel that they dun bend but breaks. It's the same for my SOG flat head screwdriver break off.
Nevertheless, everyone please remind to use your precious wisely.i learned from my break off. Not worth comparing with a $2 screw driver. $2 screw driver always win... haha