Henk Bos dead

Henk Bos (73), also known under the avatar Margeja on this SRP forum, died on Friday the 21^st of November 2014 due to cancer. He is the author of the booklets Grinding and Honing part 1, 2, 3 and 4. He was working on part 5 but couldn’t finish it. The website www.xs4all.nl/~bosq and the information booklets Info20m will be continued by his daughter Janneke Bos. She will try to continue his work as far as possible. Maybe part 5 will be published (but not at a short notice). Henk Bos wanted to teach the world about old/ancient (almost forgotten) techniques and knowledge. I think he has succeeded. His legacy is of a great value.

Janneke Bos
Eldest daughter of Henk Bos

Oh my! My great condolences to his family. I had very few interactions with Henk but he seemed to be a very good man. I have read his e-booklets on honing and honing stones many times, he and his wife created a wonderful resource in that. Rest in peace my friend.

That's very sad news and my honestly thoughts are going to his family at this moment.
I met Henk a few times to exchange thoughts about hones and sharpening methods and I always appreciated his knowledge, his experience, his interest for the history and and his never ending thirst to enlarge and deepen the knowledge he has.
It was a great pleasure to meet him and he will always remain a friend for me.

I think all of those here in the forum that are interested in hones and sharpening know his great essays about honing. They are a fantastic source of knowledge and have been very helpful and informative for a lot of us here in the past and will be for a lot of newcomers in the future.

I love to hear that Jannecke is going to continue his great work.
Henk will not be forgotten!

My condolences to his family. The loss of a loved one is a hard road unless that person had instilled in his family a joy for life and the need to always look forward while remembering the past. Based on the information in the OP I would say that his legacy will live on for many generations to come. I am sure the Universe will ease his family's grief and point the way forward in his remembrance.

Sincere condolences. He lives on in our memory through his work.

Deepest Sympathies.

Death is always a sad news. My condolences to his family.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Good bye Mr. Henk. I've learned a lot of things from you. The hones sub-forum will not be the same without you.
You will be missed.

My condolences to all.


Mike

My condolences to you and your family in your time of grief.

Bob

Deepest sympathies to family.
Henk thank you for the privilege to know you and help you on your quest.

My condolences to those who remain behind.
Rest in peace Henk!

My condolences to the remaining family. He will be missed! I am saddened by the loss of a person of great skill in writing about topics dear to me.
My thanks to Janneke Bos for continuing the site and possible future editions of it.
~Richard

Also here beside my personal lines...my deepest condolences to the familiy!!

Its a personal pity that i never had the chance to meet Henk personally, i really do like and respect the work he did, the informations he gathered together with his family, friends, and knowledge owners...and i so much appreciated it that the whole Family stood behind him...

The work is and will be well respected in future and its on the community to dont let these documents die in any way...

I also appreciate it well that Janneke is going to continue that work!!

Thanks for all Henk!!

Please accept our condolences and our sincere gratitude for the research and work that has been contributed.
Thank you
MIke

My condolences. I had the pleasure of meeting him last month. He came to deliver a gift from Bushmaster in person and I showed him the most interesting stones of my collection. He told a few anekdotes and was able to name 3 of my mystery stones. I should have written the names down, but he gave enough info for me to look them up.

I especially admire him for his bicycle wheel lapping contraption and his ability to get free stones with limited knowledge of foreign languages. Iirc he said his collection was around 350 stones big, mighty impressive!

Looking forward to part 5.

My condolences. He was a man with a passion for knowledge that he shared freely. I hope you can continue with his work, as time may permit. I am happy to have had the opportunity to read his research.

Rest in peace my friend.

When we started this thread we thought it would be a long time before we started to fill it and now the list continues to grow, how sad.

I'm very sorry to hear of another passing.

We will keep him Henk in our thoughts and in that sense he will always be alive.

My condolences to you and your family, may you cherish the memories.

Rest in peace Henk Bos

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@Janneke and the Bos family: my deepest sympathy.
Henk was a remarkable man. I met him and his wife once when they came to have supper with us on their way to Scandinavia where he would explore what was left of natural hone quarries and mines and talk to people who had extracted the stones. They traveled in an old Volkswagen van powered with solar panels that would allow them to survive almost anywhere in world. He was a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable collector of natural sharpening stones.

A true gentleman. I have exchanged several emails with him, so got some idea of the man. My first badger brush came from him 15 years ago and to this day looks beautiful. Condolences.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss :) he sounds like he was a great man and that he touched many lives from many countries. I am happy to hear that his work will be continued on and/or finished.

Indeed, My sympathies. I did not know him, but in reading this thread he was greatly respected here by many senior members.
I look forward to reading his work. May he rest in peace. The best to his family.
Regards,
Tom

Thank you for letting us know.

Deepest Condolences to you and your family.

Very sad news this. My condolences to his family and friends. I met with him when he visited Oslo, and his knowlegde and kindness was most inspiring. He will be missed, but his legacy will live on.

R.I.P. Henk Bos

Truly sad news.
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Condolences to the family.

I never met Henk, but helped him out with samples from the UK when he was researching his first book, and corrected some of the errors for him.

He did come to see me once over here in the UK, but just my luck - I was out!

Goodbye, Henk...

Regards,
Neil

With much sadness, my condolences. It is always especially hard when an artist and craftsman passes on.

My deepest condolences to his family.

Unfotunately I was unable to meet with him and his wife when they visited Oslo, but we spoke by e-mail on and off the last couple years, he was a very nice man with a lot of interesting knowledge.

Mijn diepste Medeleven :-(

My condolences.

His work touched people all around the world.

Very sad news, as someone quite new here i had just found out about his work on these documents and had been reading them only a few nights ago. They are extremely interesting.
Very sorry for your loss.

My condolences. I enjoyed reading his works.

My condolences to him & his family. He will sadly be missed by us all.