Amber jig bone

Thanks for your reply and indepth input. I figured "it is dyed"... Can you elaborate on how this is done and what is used? You know, a little more than a 3 word explination????
 
Your question, though vague, was answered by knarfeng. The tone of your response is uncalled for. He's roamed around here for 2+ years. You're a noob. Show some respect.

thx - cpr
 
Nothing I said was disrespectful, and if you took it that way then im sorry your having a bad hair day. I would guess your one of these thin skined momma's taking care of her childens. Pluss you talk about respect and then call me a disrespectful name. You need to get real.........
 
Gentlemen, this is the General Knife Discussion, not Whine & Cheese. Please stay on topic and leave personalities out of it. Let's not overinterpret brief internet statements, all too easily misinterpreted.

The gentler the response, the more likely others will feel comfortable joining in.
 
In this segment on pocketknives from the show "How It's Made", you can see briefly (at 2:14) how Case colors it's bone handles by soaking them in a large vat of dye.

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I think it's dyed under high pressure ,under a vacuum or something.Culpepper has the best amber process going now.I have 9 lbs. of stag and bone there now.Cant wait to see it.
 
Well I will jump in here and ask what I have wondered and what I think the OP meant by his question. On solid colors I understand they are died. But on a amber bone, there is multiple colors.

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Is that done by dye? I would wonder how they would have different colors from it. And some amber bones are darker like the one above. And some are not as dark like below.

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Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill
 
Mercy. Sorry I was a bit short with the original response. I have to admit I was a bit unsure of the exact question being asked.

I have done process chemist work, but have never dyed bone. Best I can do is give some educated guesses on the process.

Here is an article about dying bone which will address the question of dye type.
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/dyelog/B1063361308/C269021010/E20081102091000/

As to the Jigged bone, I would bet that the jigging is done first, then the bone is dyed, then the bone is shaped. Since the dye has to penetrate from the outside in, as the outer layer of bone is removed in the shaping process, lighter bone is revealed. And I would guess that the dark pockets are dark because the bone is removed from the dye carefully so that the pockets remain filled with dye (allowing the dyeing process to continue) after the bone is removed from the container of dye.

Best guess.

Frank
 
I have noticed on both my Case knives had a lot of the dye laying in the jigging.

I used a toothbrush and some brasso to polish both when I got them. But I go over all my knives with a fine file, fine sandpaper and polish as soon as a I get them to "dehorn". I don't think much dye penatrated either. The bone on both looks pretty much like the Case Canoe Buck Fan posted above.

That being said, I have a Case Masonic Trapper Blue bone that is a beautiful blue bone throughout, so I would imagine there are different processes depending on color and pattern.
 
My apologies to all, especially atlatl, for my post earlier. We've had a bit of a crazy time here, and I wasn't in a very good mood when I posted. I think I read more into his post than was warranted.

That being said, somewhere in my "piles of files" I have an article on dyes, that a finisher gave me years ago, covering wood, leather, bone, stone, etc. If I can find it, I'll post a link, or at least post the part on bone. I do remember bone & stone were what were called "immersion" processes, IIRC.

thx - cpr
 
I seem to recall that coffee was used to dye bone and other materials in the past, easy to get and stains well. Just dump your bone into the pot and boil. Perhaps tea was also used.
 
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