You call that a knife?

Do Gerber knives come with any sort of gauranty? I've had this thing for less than a year, and the blade lock (which was niftily incorporated into the frame itself) snapped off. No trauma involved, nothing particularly taxing has ever been done with this knife, and it was simply in my pocket at the time it happened. I imagine the stress fracture must have happened earlier and it (fortunately) chose a relatively sedate moment to fail.

Because the lock is a part of the frame, though, you have to question the strength of the frame over all. I have always heard good things about Gerber knives but I think maybe I'll rule them out as future nautical blade candidates.