Who and Where for D2 Heat Treat?

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Scott Free

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Who and where can I send five small D2 knives for heat treat? Is Paul Bos really a magician, or is heat treating D2 more science that art? If Paul Bos is the way to go, does anyone have contact info? Who else might do the heat treat for me?

Scott
 
Texas Knifemakers Supply does most air hardening steels, too.

Paul Bos is as respected as anyone in the knife industry. Current contact info from recent Knives Illustrated:

Paul Bos Heat treating
660 S. Lochsa Street
Post Falls, Idaho 83854-5200

No phone number in article, out of date in new Knives 2006. the KI article mentioned he takes two weeks off at Christmas. He also has a pricing structure that is based on "up to" 20 blades. He'll do "partials" but it isn't cheap, comparatively.
 
Scott,
I use some air hardening steels occaisionally, and send them to Paul. You can do a Google search for Paul Bos Heat Treating and his page at the Buck knives site will come up, with all of the needed info. He charges a flat 75$ for up to 20 blades (I think), or 15$ per blade for small orders. He is widely considered the best in the business of heat treating air hardening steels, so I use him. I read somewhere, maybe on his site, that no blade ever leaves his shop warped, which makes me comfortable grinding blades pretty thin before sending them to him. Some makers even etch Paul Bos HT on their blades to let customers know that Bos had done the heat treating. I don't think you can go wrong going that route.
Knives 2005 ( I don't have 2006 yet) lists 12 commercial heat treaters, other than Bos. Texas Knifemakers Supply , as Mike said, offer the service, and I think they are pretty cheap, but I can't speak to their quality, one way or the other.

Todd
 
There is no art in heat treating steels. It is completely based in physics and therefore unforgiving. If any art involved it is the touch (experience).

RL
 
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