AW, We went through this issue about a month back. One color would not have anything to do with the breakage, Skip has had this problem with the breakage. He sent me the hooks and I sent them to the owner of Matzuo. I get my hooks straight from Matzuo and have never had a hook break on me.
Where are you getting your hooks from? The hooks are made in Korea and then sent to China to get packaged.
If you could save me the broken hooks,I mean all of them! If you have the box they came in I need that also.
The breakage comes down to the temp in the heat treatment of the hooks. They use a sand bed.
IM me and we can discuss this more. I will try to get your broken hooks replaced for you