110 Dymondwood Color Fix?

drei3ree

drei3ree

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This is both sides of one 110 knife. What are my best options for making the light wood a closer match to the dark? Will the Buck Shop replace the lighter scale? Thanks

 
I would say that since the wood of the Dymondwood is pretty well saturated with resin there probably isn't much you can do with stain to change the color. Look on the good side, if you get tired of the darker stain, you can start looking at the lighter stain. Most of the time you won't see both sides at once.

Bert
 
3, yes it is saturated. But it's worth a try. Lightly sand a small area and try Tandy leather dye. Made mostly of walnut stain. Put a drop on a cloth and rub it in the sanded area. You get this stuff on your hands, you'll wear it a while. See if the wood takes it and proceed. DM
 
Just as bertl said, the wood veneer sheets are dyed before resin impregnation and compression. You will not be able to get the stain to absorb as the resin and dye are solid thru. My understanding is Buck does not warranty cosmetics. It's why I don't like buying 110's in clam packaging.... you can't see the other side.
 
Does anybody have any idea how long the Dymondwood stocks will hold out?

Is Buck considering an alternative?

Or just moving to traditional wood?
 
When we go the way of dinosaurs and 65 million years from now beings will unearth Dymondwood and find it still useful. (well, maybe not quite but it is durable)
 
DocT, I'm super impressed with it and like it a lot. Better than plain wood for a user knife.

I was referring to the fact that the factory in Vermont that made it burned several years ago.

My understanding, which may be wrong, is that Buck is working off of old back stock and has already started moving some knives to natural wood.

Or has Buck found a new source?
 
The older 110's and 112's (prior to Dymondwood) could be found with unmatched scales and looked great.
 
I am not sure of the fate of Dymondwood because of the fire. However, there are other makers of this product out there, I believe. Firearms makers use this stuff for stocks, but under different trade names. We may well see a return of this resin impregnated laminated wood and hopefully in new colors.
 
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