I think it could have been...
Anybody who is "doing something", whether it's restoring, honing, or making WILL break something sometime. This is the second blade that I have personally broken, first was one that I was trying to get that final little bit of shine out of on a boker worked back & I had a bit of lapse in concentration...buffer snatched it from me and broke the blade. I was sick, but have trodded on as I hope the OP will...