But his love of heat treat and Buck Knives was still very much alive. In the late '70s he helped Buck set up their own heat treat department, complete with the ovens and all the necessary equipment. So he and the Buck's worked out an arrangement where Paul would operate his own busine...
At first, Certified Metal Craft provided a variety of brazing and heat-treat services for the San Diego market with just a few salt pots, tempering/aging ovens and a high-temperature glo-bar furnace equipped with retorts for atmosphere work using argon, nitrogen and hydrogen. Back then the ...