Does this look like indigo to you?

A year ago I called up the Buck store getting one of the buildout 112's and after a few minutes she said there was a Custom shop returned 112 she could let go at a little discount..Indigo blue Nickel silver, mirror polished blade..I bought it sight unseen with my name on the bolsters and BCCI membership number on the blade. I wanted a new CS 112 to basically label my display for the Blade Show next year..It looks like yours. I'm happy with it.
 
RevolverGuy said:
I still think the color on mine is completely off. Here's one I found online from another user.



That's what it should have looked like. Oh well... some people get lucky. I know it's too late for a replacement from C&C (they have a 30 day window). I buy a lot of knives throughout the year and didn't start carrying this one until months later when I really started noticing it. I may plan to just sell it off. What gets me is that I emailed back and forth with them a few times before placing the order to make sure they hand picked a good one for me because I collect blue knives and I bought it to commemorate an event. It doesn't matter now. I have full confidence that the custom order I just placed for a blue knife, which should come in before Christmas, will be exactly what I was looking for.
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Sorry no Indigo though
 
From the Indigo scales I have seen, Buck has misnamed it.
All that I have seen have a blue/green look. As stated above Indigo is described as being between blue and violet these are on the other side of the spectrum from blue. I have yet to see one that I would even call blue.
I bought a 501 a few years ago, 2nd hand and am not fond of it.
If I wanted a blue knife I don't think I would be happy with yours either, to close to black.
 
RevolverGuy said:
I bought this last year from Copper & Clad and thought I'd just let it slide but it's bothered me. It's their 112 Indigo blue knife. If you see the picture shown on their website the colors shown there is why I ordered one in the first place. You can see it below.



What I ended up getting was this instead. It's so hard to see any indigo or blue in it that you have to look real closely. Indigo is a shade of blue right? Does this look like indigo? Even my wife thought it was a shade of black when I first showed it to her. I shrugged it off. I mean it's well put together and fit feels like a custom, but it still bothered me enough that I probably won't buy again from C&C. What a disappointment.



I decided yesterday to put in an order for a custom from Buck's website to replace this one. Hope that one comes with an actual shade of blue instead.
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I actually prefer the darker knife of the two. Indigo Snakes are jet black but show blue high lights when freshly shed and in the right light! Beautiful animals.
 
RevolverGuy said:
I bought this last year from Copper & Clad and thought I'd just let it slide but it's bothered me. It's their 112 Indigo blue knife. If you see the picture shown on their website the colors shown there is why I ordered one in the first place. You can see it below.



What I ended up getting was this instead. It's so hard to see any indigo or blue in it that you have to look real closely. Indigo is a shade of blue right? Does this look like indigo? Even my wife thought it was a shade of black when I first showed it to her. I shrugged it off. I mean it's well put together and fit feels like a custom, but it still bothered me enough that I probably won't buy again from C&C. What a disappointment.



I decided yesterday to put in an order for a custom from Buck's website to replace this one. Hope that one comes with an actual shade of blue instead.
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To me the top one looks more Teal and the bottom one looks more Indigo.
 
When they take a picture for the website, I'm sure the distributor picks a very nice example and not just the first box they open. When you buy a stag Buck from a website and think you're going to get handles that look just like the picture you're probably gonna be disappointed. I've been happy with C&C because I asked for specific looking stag on different knives and they obliged. I'm positive if you asked them to find a lighter blue they would have helped you out....just like asking for stag that's not football shaped. To me, having both sides match (somewhat) is more important. And as someone else said, I'd also rather have too dark than too light. I think you got a good one there :thumbsup:
 
here is my indigo knife. hard to defend it shouldn't have shipped.
indigo side.

other side


The only reason you can see any blue in this side is the lighting. I took the pic in very bright sun. With normal interior light it just looks black.

I would have been happy with either side if they were the same. In fact, I liked the black.
 
Is the question about the color of indigo or the limited color of indigo in the scales on your knife compared to what was advertised?
Because in my opinion their isn’t much color on yours.
But I don’t believe it’s C&C’s fault, I’m sure they sell whatever Buck ships them. I’m sure you could return it.
I questioned the wood on my 113 skinner, but decided it is what it is and kept it.

RevolverGuy said:
I bought this last year from Copper & Clad and thought I'd just let it slide but it's bothered me. It's their 112 Indigo blue knife. If you see the picture shown on their website the colors shown there is why I ordered one in the first place. You can see it below.



What I ended up getting was this instead. It's so hard to see any indigo or blue in it that you have to look real closely. Indigo is a shade of blue right? Does this look like indigo? Even my wife thought it was a shade of black when I first showed it to her. I shrugged it off. I mean it's well put together and fit feels like a custom, but it still bothered me enough that I probably won't buy again from C&C. What a disappointment.



I decided yesterday to put in an order for a custom from Buck's website to replace this one. Hope that one comes with an actual shade of blue instead.
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That is what I hate about those studio light boxes for advertising products. Sk blades does a nice job of representing what it actually looks like in natural light on their web page. I don't know if Buck still has a disclaimer saying basically that the scales can differ because of natural imperfections in the wood, but would it be so hard to discard the uneven finished scales and save them for factory seconds? I have seen disgruntled ex employee post on reddit about the fast pace in which they need to adhere, even in the custom shop. Slow down a little Buck.
 
Wallace Mutt said:
That is what I hate about those studio light boxes for advertising products. Sk blades does a nice job of representing what it actually looks like in natural light on their web page. I don't know if Buck still has a disclaimer saying basically that the scales can differ because of natural imperfections in the wood, but would it be so hard to discard the uneven finished scales and save them for factory seconds? I have seen disgruntled ex employee post on reddit about the fast pace in which they need to adhere, even in the custom shop. Slow down a little Buck.
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A couple thoughts on this..

1. The wood is a laminate and the layers are dyed before the layers are bonded into a sheet. The dye soaks into the wood at different saturation levels due to the nature of wood. Density, moisture content, etc affect how the dyes saturate.
2. This happens with all the wood suppliers that provide this type of wood.
3. We can't tell exactly what color will be revealed until we fully process it. the range of colors you see are normal across all the colors we use.
4. The mismatched sides above should not have shipped.
5. Once we process it, if we were to change all the scales that did not exactly match the requested color of the scales, they are scrap at that point. Costly proposition
6. This is not a precise technology like making a paint consistent over time
7. For every person that doesn't like the dark, there are some that do.. For every person that doesn't like the light, there are some that do.
8. I wouldn't put any stock in the musings of an disgruntled ex-employee. They are an ex and disgruntled employee for a reason
9. Colors on CPU monitors never match the real color, although it is better than in the old days..
10. We have tried for years to get better color ranges from our suppliers, but really are at the limit of the technology of dying wood.

Just some honest thoughts on this conversation. I'm sure some won't like it.. feel free to get out the pitch forks.. :p:p

Jeff
 
Jeff your response makes a lot of sense. If there is that big of a range, maybe copper and clad should show more than one example? I’m happy with my indigo knives, but kind of wish they were darker now. Lol!
 
Good to see you check in Jeff.
But some kind of grading may should be considered, this particular one seems to have more variations than the others, ie, red, brown and green. Not to mention the color isn't correct to begin with.
 
buying on the internet is the problem. even if examples of variations were shown by the dealers...... folks would want specific ones and eat up valuable time and attention etc etc.

in the old days you could pick through all the boxes in the store and buy the one ya liked. the ones ya didnt like someone else would find it and they liked it. everyone was happy........
 
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