Tom,

I'm sure it's fine if you'd like to talk about handle failure and replacement. However, the shop defines what handles they will replace not me or you. If you have a knife with a cracked handle you can send it to the shop. If they determine that the handle warrants replacement you will receive a quote before the work is done.




You already know the handle on that Skinner was replaced by the shop therefore you knew the answer before you asked the question. Perhaps your image could be more helpful if it were used to illustrate the condition of a particular handle that was accepted by the shop for replacement. Once again, the shop does the final assessment.