Illegal Heat Treating?!? (S90V related)

I doubt that the illegal aspect has to do with heating; there is plenty of equipment that is capable of producing very high temps, and as far as I know, none of it is illegal in CA unless misused.

My best guess would be that the quenching solution (or some compound in it) needed to produce high hardness in S90V is heavily regulated in CA or simply illegal. The lawmakers in CA are big on regulating (banning) chemicals that they deem to be environmentally unfriendly. Just google high VOCs...

Of course, I could be wrong... For the best answer, I would talk to Mr. Bos ;).

Cheers.
 
I don't know about California's heat-treat police, but I do know that Mission Knives left California because of nanny legislation.
 
How about one of you curious folk give Paul Bos a call and ask him...

(208) 262-0500, extension 211

He is usually pretty busy....but always returns phone calls.

Dan
 
I don't think the writer vetted the source of info or the data.

So far no one can point out a CA law specifically restricting the process or the quench, so basically we have a thread speculating on ignorance, the internet's finest process.

Has it occurred to anyone the statement may be a complete falsehood?
 
Maybe he's referring to the use of salt pots?

I can see how having temps high enough to melt salt (don't know which salt they use, but regular NaCl has a VERY high melting point) could be scary .
 
I believe its a quench issue, not temperature. He may need to use a oil quench to achieve the high Rc (dont know just a guess). I know alot of states will not allow a oil quench for safety reasons, Paul still only does air quench in Idaho so if it was a quench issue the change of states didnt solve the problem.
 
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