Opinions please,New color in dyed Bone scales (pic)

Bruce Evans · Jan 21, 2002

New colors and a new technique my Buddy Chuck Helton showed me( we finally got to work together and he showed me how he had been getting his results)Boy can we but heads when we both are right

Anyway here is the scales
Bruce

RHINOKNIVES · Jan 21, 2002

i like it, nice tones

Bruce Bump · Jan 21, 2002

Bruce Nice color, I like them. Will it work on ivory?

Bruce Evans · Jan 21, 2002

Thanks Laurence..

Bruce,I figure it will,but I haven't had the guts to try as Ivory is to expensive to mess up.Plus all that I have is stabilized allready..
I just remembered that I have some small scrap pieces that I can try on..I will let you know in a couple of Days if it will work..
Bruce

tmickley · Jan 21, 2002

The colors look great. How deep does it go? How didya do it?

Sylvester · Jan 21, 2002

Good job as always Bruce.
Would it work on curly maple

Bruce Evans · Jan 21, 2002

Some of the color penetrated te whole thickness(1/8 inch) of the bone,some of it is just surface,Just like ivery that if you grind to much it will disapear.
I don't know if it would work on maple,It would do the surface but I am not sure how deep it would penetrate.I am waiting to find some analine dye for the woods.
Bruce

Keith Montgomery · Jan 21, 2002

That looks an awful lot like some of the mammoth ivory that I like very much. You have done a very nice job here.

cory · Jan 21, 2002

Bruce very unique. Looks kinda psychacelic.

Nice job. Is that stabilized now or just colored? Cory

Bruce Evans · Jan 21, 2002

Thanks everybody.
Cory,Cut,dyed,stabilized,and buffed...
Bruce

shappa · Jan 22, 2002

Nicely done. Good colors.
Thanks for putting something in the pic to give a size reference.
What size bones did you start with and how many scales did you get out of it?
Thanks,

Sylvester · Jan 22, 2002

Hey Bruce try here for your stain
http://www.woodfinishsupply.com/PLaniline.html

Bruce Evans · Jan 22, 2002

Thanks Sylvester.
iI will be contacting them soon.
The bones are the leg bones and I can get one big scale and a small scale from each bone.Most of the bones just give a bunch of small scales as they are to curved.Some will make solid one piece handles but not make scales.Looking into ordering pre cut and flattened scales that way The size and length will always be there,as with going out and finding the bones you don't always get ones that will make decent sized scales...
You just have to do allot of experimenting with differnt dyes and techniques to get the look you want and practice cutting different bones to find what will give the sizes you are wanting..
Bruce

peter nap · Jan 22, 2002

That's a really unique look Bruce. Looks like you've add another aspect to your knives.

Tom Militano · Jan 22, 2002

Bruce, how about explaining how you did that? I think it looks great.
Tom