i finally broke down and emailed Piranha late yesterday...this morning..first email is from Josh Hazen at piranha...send the knife an we'll clean sharpen and fix it...or we can send the spring.
how cool is that? less than a 24 hour wait for a response...and not a word about it's not covered or how did you break it...and they want to sharpen this wickedly sharp knife for me.
what a company.