Did another dye job!

seelow123

seelow123

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So my buddy John (Cave Johnson here on the forums) Bought a Kershaw JYD with the foliage green/gray handles and was curious about dying it so I gave it a go. He wanted to try blue but I only had red. I think it turned out nice.
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His JYD is a lot smoother then mine was. It feels like it has a pivot bushing really. It might be because it's older (His is from '08 I believe) I wish mine was that smooth:grumpy:

Thanks for looking everybody!
 
OvalmanPA said:
Info please. Just use Rit dye for this or do you have something special you do?
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Just Rit dye in a saucepan on your stove. Add enough water to fully submerge the scale and bring it to a mild boil. Pour about a tablespoon and a half of the rit dye powder in and stir. I normally move the scales around while they are in there so the dye gets everywhere on the scale.
 
Looks good. I just recently dyed an orange skyline a very similar shade of red and I love how it turned out. Red g10 seems to be quite under utilized in the knife world. It's probably to avoid confusion with training knives, but I think it looks great.
 
mkjellgren said:
Looks good. I just recently dyed an orange skyline a very similar shade of red and I love how it turned out. Red g10 seems to be quite under utilized in the knife world. It's probably to avoid confusion with training knives, but I think it looks great.
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Totally agree. Orange and black knives are pure sex imo. I'd love to see yours if you have a pic.
 
seelow123 said:
Totally agree. Orange and black knives are pure sex imo. I'd love to see yours if you have a pic.
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I wasn't a huge fan of the orange with black hardware, it got a little Halloweenish for my taste. I also stone washed the blade and clip when I dyed the scales and it turned out excellent.

I'll try to get a pic or two up tonight when I get home from work.
 
imbryan715 said:
can you do a forum post or video on how to to that. i am very envious of your g10 military
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Well I don't have any knives to dye ATM but I could still make a list what you will need and what to do. I'll send you a link when I make it up:thumbup:
 
mkjellgren said:
I wasn't a huge fan of the orange with black hardware, it got a little Halloweenish for my taste. I also stone washed the blade and clip when I dyed the scales and it turned out excellent.

I'll try to get a pic or two up tonight when I get home from work.
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I bet that thing is sexy now! Look forward to the pics.
 
seelow123 said:
Just Rit dye in a saucepan on your stove. Add enough water to fully submerge the scale and bring it to a mild boil. Pour about a tablespoon and a half of the rit dye powder in and stir. I normally move the scales around while they are in there so the dye gets everywhere on the scale.
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Thanks for the info. I have a couple Echelons coming and one might be screaming to become purple! :D
 
can you do it on any color g10? I don't imagine you can do much with something that is already black....
 
neffarious said:
can you do it on any color g10? I don't imagine you can do much with something that is already black....
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G10 is colored when the resin is mixed, so there is nothing you can do about the base color. Meaning you cannot dye dark colored g10 to a lighter color. Black g10 will always be black no matter how hard you try to dye it. Light colored g10 can be dyed almost any color as long as it's darker than the original color. For instance, you could not dye orange g10 yellow or green (unless it's a very dark green, probably would just turn brown though). You do have to take into account the existing color to get the color you want. For example, it would be very difficult to get orange g10 dyed royal blue as orange mixed with blue would give you a more purple color.

But no, in short, you cannot dye black g10.
 
mkjellgren said:
Here is my skyline
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Sorry for the shoddy cell phone pics...
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Damn! That looks mighty fine! Good job:thumbup:

OvalmanPA said:
Thanks for the info. I have a couple Echelons coming and one might be screaming to become purple! :D
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I've been meaning to pick up an Echelon specifically to dye. I bet a purple one would be pimptastic! Please show us how it comes out if you end up doing it.

bladeboss said:
Damn, you're pretty good at that!
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Thanks buddy:thumbup: There really isn't any skill involved though, just know what your doing and the dye does the rest for you.

Manix2 said:
Looks factory. Good job.
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thanks man I appreciate that. That's the cool thing about the water based dyes, It gets in every little crevice so you don't miss any spots.

Catmouth said:
Looks very good man.
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Thank you sir!
 
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