Pink Manix2 Dyed Purple

Cosmo7809 · Jan 11, 2011

Hello all, I decided to dye my pink manix2 purple.

I chose purple because one that is pretty much all the supermarket had... two, I like purple...

Took off the scales, and dyed them using rit. I left the pot on a simmer for about 20 minutes. To be honest, I think I made them a little too dark, but thats ok.

Here are the pictures:
Please note that the pictures do not do the color justice.

With some other purple knives to gauge the "purpleness"

Thanks!

Carlos · Jan 11, 2011

Excellent result!

freedoom · Jan 11, 2011

looks good, it's a very royal purple.

Cosmo7809 · Jan 11, 2011

freedoom said:
looks good, it's a very royal purple.

I agree, kinda like royal blue and purple had sexual relations.

Cisco Kid · Jan 11, 2011

I would say it's much better than pink

dsmegst · Jan 11, 2011

Nice work. Here's mine in dark brown:

Not the most accurate representation of the color but it's the best I can do. It's a little lighter and has a slight reddish tint in real life. What did you do to make the lanyard pipe fit again?

Cosmo7809 · Jan 11, 2011

dsmegst said:
What did you do to make the lanyard pipe fit again?

When I took it apart I pulled them off which took some effort.

When I put them back on I encountered some trouble again. I basically wiggled, and jiggled the scales back on.

There is just a hair and I mean hair of "scale play" near the lanyard hole. I was going to maybe try and glue the scale to the liner which just a simple dab of crazy glue near the lanyard hole.

dsmegst · Jan 11, 2011

Cosmo7809 said:
When I took it apart I pulled them off which took some effort.

When I put them back on I encountered some trouble again. I basically wiggled, and jiggled the scales back on.

There is just a hair and I mean hair of "scale play" near the lanyard hole. I was going to maybe try and glue the scale to the liner which just a simple dab of crazy glue near the lanyard hole.

What I did was to find a metal rod that fit the pipe (which is easy to do since the pipe is a standard size) and expanding it by rotating the rod in a circular motion while the scales were clamped to the liners. It got rid of the play but I'm guessing it's not nearly as tight as it was before.