Something I've been "dyeing" to show

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meako

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Scored this amber bone large stockman for a song off of ebuy-well slightly less than new price-hey its not a bargain if you don't need it right?
Even with the pathetic exchange rate it wasn't a bad score.:thumbup:
The amber bone was OK but I had the bug to go dyeing so I turned it cherry.
A cherry now it is IMO.
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Excellent! you man of leisure:D
 
Cheers.
I had to search up jamesbeats old dyeing tutorial.
Clean the knife with clean washing up water and detergent to remove oils.
RIT liquid dye -cherry -into small saucepan.
Added enough water to cover the knife.
Immerse knife
Bring up to a gentle simmer
15 mins.
Switch off
Leave to cool in the pan.
When cool remove and rinse thoroughly-wipe all excess dye off with paper towel.
Voila
Try to explain to wife why you made the kitchen surface get pink splats that won't wipe off.
Go down to shops and buy flowers/wine/chocs-for wife.
Wish sorrowfully you had used the burner on the outside bbq instead because you are never going to hear the end of it:p

The CV blades did not like the saltiness of the dye-no need to add any salt btw.
they will survive and come good with some use I think.
Result much better than I expected.
 
You know, CASE could learn from you when you consider most of their 'Red' bone they offer these days.:D:eek: :

Good job.:thumbup:

When I've done tea dyeing of stag mainly but some bone, I boil the water first then add the tea-bags and a touch of salt, let it cool a bit then immerse the knife. I'm a bit wary of bring it to the boil with the knife in it due to cracking potential.

Thanks, Will
 
It looks cool. Would you happen to have photo of the original color? I am surprised how nicely this turned out as usually when you start with not enough light color, than the result will be often too dark as dyes can not lighten the tone.

I have actually quite a bit of RIT dyes as I was playing with dyeing some FRN and G10 (non-traditional knives, so no photos here, sorry). But this opens up new possibilities :)
 
Looks good, I'm surprised it went from amber to this deep shade of red! You might just have started something here.
 
Nice dye job Meako, looks great. :thumbup::thumbup:
The clean up directions are invaluable. :D

"Go down to shops and buy flowers/wine/chocs-for wife.
Wish sorrowfully you had used the burner on the outside bbq instead because you are never going to hear the end of it." :eek::D:)
 
meako said:
Cheers.
I had to search up jamesbeats old dyeing tutorial.
Clean the knife with clean washing up water and detergent to remove oils.
RIT liquid dye -cherry -into small saucepan.
Added enough water to cover the knife.
Immerse knife
Bring up to a gentle simmer
15 mins.
Switch off
Leave to cool in the pan.
When cool remove and rinse thoroughly-wipe all excess dye off with paper towel.
Voila
Try to explain to wife why you made the kitchen surface get pink splats that won't wipe off.
Go down to shops and buy flowers/wine/chocs-for wife.
Wish sorrowfully you had used the burner on the outside bbq instead because you are never going to hear the end of it:p

The CV blades did not like the saltiness of the dye-no need to add any salt btw.
they will survive and come good with some use I think.
Result much better than I expected.
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Looks good Meako! Too bad you're in the doghouse now! ;)
 
Case makes them in red too. :) But you did a nice job and it looks good. :thumbup: Does the dye come off on your hands or pockets or is it very stable? I haven't tried it. I had a Frost Steel Warrior Trapper that turned everything blue...Not sure what sort of dye they used. I've thought about attempting to make my own handle covers.

I'm not sure if it will work but you might try the Mr Clean Magic Erasers on the spots left on the kitchen counters.
 
Looks great! Really makes me want to try this with an older Case 5318 with some very unremarkable stag. Might be just the ticket to breath some new life into it. Probably go with a brown though.... ;)
 
Beautiful work, meako! Thanks for repeating the dying instructions. Love the bit about mollifying the wife. :)
 
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