Mr. Harsey

Maas · 02-22-2005, 20:22

Ever heard of Paul Bos?

**Bill Harsey** · 02-22-2005, 20:55

Not only have I heard of him but am proud to say I've known him for near twenty years.

He is quite simply the best heat treater of custom knives in the business.

Paul was always kind enough to take the time to answer all my questions about heat treating the tool steels we use.

I consider him a friend.

02-24-2005, 20:12

Paul Bos is the King of Hard.

This is Paul near his spiff car.

FrontSight

**Razor** · 02-24-2005, 21:42

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Originally Posted by FrontSight

Paul Bos is the King of Hard.

:deep breath: Too easy...must resist.

Maas · 02-24-2005, 21:47

Thanks Mr. Bill.
I had a friend make a long knife out of ATS-34 and he sent it to Mr. Bos for the heat treatment. He told me it was going to the best and I'm proud to have it.

BTW, my knifemaker friend was quite impressed when I told him you were a member of the board.

Maas · 02-24-2005, 21:53

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Originally Posted by FrontSight

Paul Bos is the King of Hard.

FrontSight

Agree with Razor, that is just wrong on so many levels.

You should be glad we are all gentlemen. Well, most of us ... well some of us .. well .. just nevermind.

02-25-2005, 01:26

Do try to not be like Razor !!

::tutorial tone::
Heat treating is to make the knife hard. And add rust resistance (it seems to do that at least). And maybe other things.

Attached are the pics I tried to link to (didn't realize the link was to a relative position, not absolute, in the photo gallery.)

FrontSight

**Bill Harsey** · 02-25-2005, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrontSight

Paul Bos is the King of Hard.

This is Paul near his spiff car.

FrontSight

Razor, we can't take her anywhere.

FS, Thanks for the great pic of Pauls rod. He'd better be getting some snow tires for that ride. Looks easy to put chains on too.

**Bill Harsey** · 02-25-2005, 09:41

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Originally Posted by Maas

Thanks Mr. Bill.
I had a friend make a long knife out of ATS-34 and he sent it to Mr. Bos for the heat treatment. He told me it was going to the best and I'm proud to have it.

BTW, my knifemaker friend was quite impressed when I told him you were a member of the board.

You have a good heat treat.
I'm honored to be involved here as a moderator of the knife thread.