My RIT Benchmade 950 two tone dye job and how I did it.

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OK, some photos of the finished product first.

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And these are photos of how I did it. If you have any questions, just ask. I think it's all pretty self explanatory.

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And there you have it. Basically, this is what I did. First I bought the powdered strong version of RIT that comes in a box. I think the dyes were a vibrant yellow and a green, but in the end it looks like blue and orange. I put the dye into the pan, hung the scales over the pan with bailing wier so that only one half was in the dye and boiled it very gently so as not to get popping and gurgling that would creep up to the top half. As the dye/water level lowered due to evaporation the dye got stronger, thus leaving the middle of the knife, where the two colors would meet, kind of weakly colored and the outside edge stronger and more vibrant. That allowed the two colors to meet in the middle gently, without a hard line. I did the lighter color, yellow, because I didn't want the green (blue) to accidentally splash onto the undyed part, set in and thus make it impossible for the yellow to take hold. After the first color was done, I rinsed, stored the excess dye in a glass jar with a tight lid and repeated for the second color.

That's it. My plan was a success, except for the colors coming out wrong, and I'm very happy with it. I'm going to try something like this on my black G10 Hogue EX-01 as well, but I'll prolly change it up a bit.
 
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BTW, I wish I remembered who's vids and info I checked out that gave me the original idea of dying G10 with RIT, but I don't, so thanks to y'all, you know who you are.
 
Seems you achieved the desired results. Gotta love it, when a plan comes together.

Hmm, I wonder if coyote brown will 'take' on black G10 scales.
 
I don't know, but I'd love to see the results. But first, does RIT make a coyote brown dye?
 
Just now checked; RIT dont call it coyote brown, but they have several hues in that spectrum. They have Coconut, Amber Brown, Carafe, Nougat, Sand, Sandstone, Russet etc, which are -if not exactly Coyote Brown- good enough for government work, as I just want the general hue instead of plain black and like those, sand, tan and coyote brown colors.

Thanks for posting this DIY.
 
And there you have it. Basically, this is what I did. First I bought the powdered strong version of RIT that comes in a box. I think the dyes were a vibrant yellow and a green, but in the end it looks like blue and orange. I put the dye into the pan, hung the scales over the pan with bailing wier so that only one half was in the dye and boiled it very gently so as not to get popping and gurgling that would creep up to the top half. As the dye/water level lowered due to evaporation the dye got stronger, thus leaving the middle of the knife, where the two colors would meet, kind of weakly colored and the outside edge stronger and more vibrant. That allowed the two colors to meet in the middle gently, without a hard line. I did the lighter color, yellow, because I didn't want the green (blue) to accidentally splash onto the undyed part, set in and thus make it impossible for the yellow to take hold. After the first color was done, I rinsed, stored the excess dye in a glass jar with a tight lid and repeated for the second color.

That's it. My plan was a success, except for the colors coming out wrong, and I'm very happy with it. I'm going to try something like this on my black G10 Hogue EX-01 as well, but I'll prolly change it up a bit.[/QUOTE]


The Scales look great.
 
I tried to dye the handles flat blat, same process as you used. (Same knife too)
It turned the gray into a dark blue and black was...well..black.
 
Yeah, that is what I was afraid of; that for example the dark brown color (a bit like coyote brown), which was available from RIT, wouldnt be very distinguishable from the black scales, so I decided on RIT tan instead.
I like tan as well as coyote brown for the handle scales on the knife in question and the tan dye might work better in regards to the process.
 
Looks good, my question; what's the cool looking frame lock tanto you have there?
 
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