THE BOKER WARRANTY: Our warranty has been in effect for over 135 years. Any Boker product that is defective in material or workmanship will be repaired or replaced by us at no charge to the customer. Our warranty reads: "Every Boker product is guaranteed to be free from defects in material and workmanship for the life of the product to the original owner. If this item should fail under normal use, we will repair it or replace it at no charge with an item of equal or better value." To help you better understand whether your product is covered under warranty, the following items are normally not covered under warranty, although exceptions do exist: Blade rusting, particularly on carbon steel blades. Blade breakage, especially after more than a year of ownership. Handle scales cracking or breaking. Any knife that has been converted to perform as an automatic knife is not covered under warranty at any time. Boker USA, Inc. honors the Federal law that prohibits the importation or selling of automatic knives. Boker USA, Inc. does not import or sell any automatic knives. BOKER CERAMIC KNIVES Our ceramic knives are very keen cutting instruments but are not intended for chopping or cutting hard items such as bone, staples, or frozen products and are not recommended for whittling. Please exercise caution when using ceramic bladed knives. Due to their extreme hardness, which is why they do not need to be sharpened as often as a steel blade, they are brittle. Therefore, blade breakage or chipping is not covered under warranty. We do provide a sharpening service, which can get out most small chips in the blade as well as restore your knife to its original edge.