My first attempt at dyeing grivory

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Half Cut Skele

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...and I'm very pleased with the results!

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Yea, thats the orange scales on the 14. I think the scales on the ZK look so much better now too. I didnt like the neon green they were before. More reptile like now. I used dark green Rit on both.

jimh0220 said:
But what happened to the tip of the 14? It broke off?
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Nah, I ground 'er down. Posted a thread about it last week.
 
wow really nice 14 like the clipped blade. How do you like the handles? do they hold up well to use or would you say parachord it?
 
That is a really nice brown. Good job!! You say "green" RIT is how you got the brown color?

I might try this. But I'm going to get another 14 and a 24, both with the extra scales, before I do. I'd like to experiment with other colors.

I'm really diggin' that spatu-cal (spatula/tactical, LOL) front end on that 14. But, I'll be honest, I don't have the nuts to do such a thing to my precious 14. :)
 
Tdhurl1103 said:
That is a really nice brown. Good job!! You say "green" RIT is how you got the brown color?
I might try this. But I'm going to get another 14 and a 24, both with the extra scales, before I do. I'd like to experiment with other colors.
I'm really diggin' that spatu-cal (spatula/tactical, LOL) front end on that 14. But, I'll be honest, I don't have the nuts to do such a thing to my precious 14. :)
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Yea, the color is "dark green." It was $2.25 for a small box, and a little goes a long way. I think I mixed it a bit too dark, tbh. The bright green ZK scales just got darker, but the orange went brown on me. Maybe if I left them in longer they'd turn more green? Saw a thread a while back of a guy dyeing his brown/tan tweener scales the same dark green color and they turned out almost the exact green of the box. Need to get some more scales to mess with, or maybe just try micarta. As for the tip of the 14...it's my favorite knife I have now. Just have to get these sheaths made (making two diff styles). After that, I'll be getting more beckers to mod!

BK14 mod thread...http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1047969-My-bk14-looks-strange
 
Half Cut Skele said:
Yea, the color is "dark green." It was $2.25 for a small box, and a little goes a long way. I think I mixed it a bit too dark, tbh. The bright green ZK scales just got darker, but the orange went brown on me. Maybe if I left them in longer they'd turn more green? Saw a thread a while back of a guy dyeing his brown/tan tweener scales the same dark green color and they turned out almost the exact green of the box. Need to get some more scales to mess with, or maybe just try micarta. As for the tip of the 14...it's my favorite knife I have now. Just have to get these sheaths made (making two diff styles). After that, I'll be getting more beckers to mod!

BK14 mod thread...http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1047969-My-bk14-looks-strange
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You know, I've always though there should be a 14, now the 24 as well, with a clip point that mirrors the BK9 and 10 clip points. Add some jimping and you've got bad-assed little knife. Call it a 14C or 24C. If I can get a few extra 14s I might have someone mod one up.....:D
 
The orange is quite bright and the peanut butter tweener scales are lighter and take the color a little better. Plus orange and green should make a brownish color when combined and its hard to straight change a color starting from such a point as that orange. but i really like that brown.

Also did you use the powder or liquid dye? i used liquid dark green rit, just curious.

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I love the modded 14. It almost reminds me of the boker rhino a little.

The dye job came out great man, i really like the looks of that brown, nicely done.
 
worldwood said:
The orange is quite bright and the peanut butter tweener scales are lighter and take the color a little better. Plus orange and green should make a brownish color when combined and its hard to straight change a color starting from such a point as that orange. but i really like that brown.
Also did you use the powder or liquid dye? i used liquid dark green rit, just curious.
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Glad that you saw this thread, and thanks for posting your pic! I used the powder and mixed about tablespoon into a soup cans worth of water. Didn't add salt or anything like that as some directions suggest.

Thanks again for the kind words everyone. The 14's handles now make me think of leather or wood almost...which made me wonder what one would look like if someone did a leather job like on the usmc kabars.
 
Thanks, i dont like orange at all, but i really like the new ka-bar gamestalker that is coming out, eventually, and it only comes with the orange scales, so i will be turning them brown immediately.
 
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