weeksiraNo. Fällkniven vg10 is too fragile for camping or survival use. My S1's tip broke from normal use. They WOULD NOTt replace it since I bought knife used! STAY AWAY from this weak excuse for survival knife.
TranMine has held up very nicely and I have done a good bit of batoning. Perhaps the previous owner had done something odd. As for the warranty unfortunately almost all companies require a listed or authorized dealer to the primary purchaser. Sorry about your knife though would have made me sad for month.
TranThat's strange because I'm viewing the video above which has several parts. The 2nd part has the man driving his tip into metal with force and there was no damage. Was part of your camping duties holding the knife in the campre fire embers, i.e. using it to cover a fire. This may ruin the heat treat which would make the knife more brittle.