No, I am absoultely sure it has nothing to do with the a defect at all. Its a case of a field point hitting a shaft and causing damage that couldn't be helped. Being made of graphite means its made of fine strands of carbon held together with resin that was damaged and consequently raised the carbon fibers that bacame splinters. I just wanted to know if anyone knew of a way to prevent raised splinters/fibers other than shooting one dot per arrow. Using urethane to coat the shaft seemed like it would work but I wanted to know if anything would work better.