Strider heat treat ?

[David Schott]

I wasnt implying anything about strider knives or their in-house HT processes. All i meant to do was make the comment since the thread brought up the question of "if someone follows the same HT steps as a well know heat treater, their results should be exactly as good." If that were true, anyone off the street could read a steel spec sheet and HT as well as people who have 30 years of metalworking experience under their belts. its nice that you HT their custom blades for them, just interesting that they entrust those particular blades to you if their in-house HT is equally as proficient at HT as is suggested. not trying to stir the pot here. If this is somehow a path i shouldnt be going down, ill just edit my posts...i meant nothing by them other than an observation

 

[Paul Bos]

As I stated it is a personal thing. It is not there inhouse H T The company that dose it used to be my commercial co. that I Ran for 20 years, The man that runs it is the son of my old partner, He grew up in the heat treat business and worked with me for 20 years. I gave him my procedure for heat treating Striders S-30-V. We tryed many diferent procedurs, tell we got the one they wanted to use. There are no secrets.I share my ways with any Knife Maker, or any knife co that wants to know. The important thing is having the right equempment and useing the correct time and tempreture. Paul.

 

[David Schott]

Gotcha. Makes sense! Perhaps i was reading into it a bit too deeply.

 

[110 Dave]

i will tell you that Paul 'Bos' and Mick Strider and Duane Dwyer
are all long time friends, with that being the case is not such a
suprise that this is the case at all.
&
IMHO
you can watch me make chille and wright down
what i use and how i did it and
you will still take 2ed place in a cook off to mine!
so no mater what mick and duane do>
it jest wont oh heil make that CANNOT be the same as >>>
BOS's HT Steel - Always the Best!
Because it's cooked to perfiction! !!!:thumbup:

the above is what i posted in the another forum.
friends can have friends and other friends may get along but may not be able to work togeather or do busness togeather...
i like any steel Bos does {there is majic in his touch} but ats 34 for only one reason that is another posting in another forum.
as stated above Paul took his equiptment north. he has his trade mark,:thumbup:
if he wants to share his recipee for cooking steel that is his busness i share my recipee for chile but again i control the prep and cooking and if you do it it might be close but it is not mine....

and Paul controls his closely and it is his as he is not at the other location he is not superviseing that cooking... well they still send some limited stuff to him and they are not useing his trade mark are they...
nuff said
oh and Paul feel you can have the above quote and verations of it on that your steel is cooked right!
of course if you want to send me a knife for it that is cool!

 

[high]

hi all, perhaps it might make everyone feel better about the new strider heat treat if we see how the new ones perform. i recieved an sng from ryan at blue line gear not long ago and i have used it hard.i see no difference from the older bos stamped blades. same durable edge, same ease of sharpening.take it for what its worth this humble electrician uses this knife every day and it works the way it should. respectfully andy