Does this look like indigo to you?

It's good it's an relatively easily replaceable knife. I used to work in architecture and have seen people go to war over a paint chip.
 
marchone said:
It's good it's an relatively easily replaceable knife. I used to work in architecture and have seen people go to war over a paint chip.
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people are people. talking about your paint chip event...... some are calm and realize it can be fixed easily and isnt a big deal and others it's a world shattering event and they behave that way. I prefer the calm and reasonable types of folks myself, but too each their own.......
 
I should have been more clear. I meant a paint chip as a color sample. War, over a color hue.
 
Well just wanted to give an update since I started this thread last month. My custom shop knife arrived today. Forgot to mention at last minute I changed the order to a 110 instead of 112. Everything on this knife is perfect--but it's definitely not blue. At least not the color I was hoping for. Buck really needs to start advertising blue wood as "buffalo horn wood" because that's exactly what it reminds me of. I owned a buffalo horn 110 some years ago and this one could almost be it's twin.

Just don't understand why Buck can successfully get diamondwood to look like oak, rosewood, charcoal, and even walnut. Is it really that hard to dye it blue? Two out of two blue knives come to me almost black. I give up.



 
It must come in batches. Currently they are very dark. A couple of years from now it will be light baby blue and people will be complaining about it being too light!
 
More description up front would probably be helpful. Fair warning to the customer that the color can vary from very light to very dark. It's not that either looks good or bad, it's the expectation of what you think you are buying. These are all Indigo.

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RevolverGuy said:
Just don't understand why Buck can successfully get diamondwood to look like oak, rosewood, charcoal, and even walnut. Is it really that hard to dye it blue? Two out of two blue knives come to me almost black. I give up.
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Diamondwood is just a form of plywood. You make the top veneer oak, it's going to look like oak. You make the top veneer rosewood it will look like rosewood. Make the top veneer walnut and it will look like walnut. Pretty simple. Staining the wood blue will be a bit more complex. Then there is the question of what shade of indigo they are shooting for. You want a light shade. My guess is the are shooting for a dark shade. What you got is what I would expect when you say indigo. What you want doesn't look like indigo to me. But what do I know? I never taught art.

O.B.
 
RevolverGuy, Jeff Hubbard responded to this/your thread in post #34.

Sorry you are having this trouble, but, it's not Buck's fault. They are not doing the dyeing, just using what the supplier sends them. Preston
 
No worries guys. Both knives are absolutely beautiful. And Buck's craftsmanship excellent. The blue isn't really a blue, that was my only complaint. But honestly now that I have been handling them, the dark color is growing on me. I just ordered a Buck 112 slim in blue to satisfy my blue knife collection. Thanks.
 
Did you see the SK blades blue 110LT drop point with upgraded steel.
 
There are some blue bone 112's (not jigged) out there. I just recently got one in drop point for my daughter.
 
If you go to Bucks customizer page select the 113 skinner it lists a blue wood. I think it used to say indigo. Same for the 110/112/119’s.

When you pick blue on the 119 it looks jet black compared to the others.
 
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I've noticed that the color of some items on different websites looks different than the color in real life. I'm not just referring to knives. It gets more complicated when you want a particular wood grain pattern, stag, etc. and the website has the generic photo (one of the reasons I never pulled the trigger on an Elk scaled 110 from Buck's custom shop).

I don't know if it makes the OP feel any better, but I didn't like C&C's pic of their Indigo folders, but now that I see your darker version, I might have to pick one up. :D
 
Scott321 said:
I don't know if it makes the OP feel any better, but I didn't like C&C's pic of their Indigo folders, but now that I see your darker version, I might have to pick one up. :D
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Well thing is you really don't know what you're going to get. I have seen them all over the place. Some of the guys on the Buck Facebook groups have had lighter shades of blue/indigo, some have had somewhere in the middle. Mine just happen to be black with the two I bought. Wasn't too happy at first but they're growing on me though.
 
I have several Buck 110&112’s and really just happy with the regular ole stock wood. I do however pick through them looking for the nicest grain or shade of browns they have.
Blister packs make it hard as you can only see one side and could get a mis match.
Don’t know why but several times a year when at Walmart i just buy a 110 and leave it in the blister pack. Future gifts i guess.
 
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