I use the Bronze Matzuo hooks, and haven't had any break.....yet
I got mine from Crazy Angler....He has excellent prices.

I buy mine though Shorty's

When they had their first issue with bad tempering/heat treat it was the bronze ones and I had a lot break even just tying them. So guess we need to lay off the black until they fix it. Thankfully I have a lot of black that are good and before this started. It's a real pay when they do this and it's because they are made in china and when the heat treat is bad they break!

One thing about it is if they had a bad batch it will be way more than 1000 that are bad.

It don't matter where you buy them, all the Matsuo come from the same factory. I've had a few #1's break, but not enough for me to stop using them. By the way, Grandpa Bob's sell Matsuo hooks cheaper than Capt. Hooks.