You take the risk of failure any time you pull a trigger. Just look at all the online videos of guns that have failed. Not through shooter input but just plain old failure. I trust my life to a RIA compact model that I shoot extensively. I also have a full size SIG 1911. Neither have had any...
Contact Cold Steel they will make it right. I have 2 CS sheath knives and they are both scary sharp. The Master Hunter field dressed 8 whitetail deer before needing retouching. The recon Tanto that I have has a mirror finish edge and will shave and cut cleanly. You would not want to drop this on...