The results: custom dyed my Case Bose Cattle knife

I wish more companies did a black jigged bone. Not very common at all. It turned out nice. I will say that I think you had a bit of luck on your side. Dunking the whole knife with thin bone scales is perilous. I ruined a Case Barlow with the exact same process. It warped the scales and they pulled away from the liners. Maybe I did something wrong but it was enough to shy me away from trying it again!
 
Will Power said:
You've now increased its value...as it's one of one :cool: Shrewd move!

I'd like to ask how the metal-work reacted to the dye? Being all stainless, no carbon or brass, I assume it was alright or did it need a lot of polishing afterwards?

Regards, Will
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I doubt the value has increased (it’s probably destroyed), but I really love it. Yeah, I polished up a bit as the dye wanted to rest down in crevices and stick to the backspings. No pitting or anything though. I used some non abrasive metal polish and then ren wax. Hadn’t yet polished it in the initial pics. It looks amazing now, so I’ll post some more.
 

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Excellent results, I like it. :thumbsup: Something about Case's jigged bone, (or smooth handled Case for that matter), in black just looks outstanding.
I'm not sure if you stated it or I missed it, but what color was the bone before you dyed?
 
sunknife said:
Excellent results, I like it. :thumbsup: Something about Case's jigged bone, (or smooth handled Case for that matter), in black just looks outstanding.
I'm not sure if you stated it or I missed it, but what color was the bone before you dyed?
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Antique bone. See pic on previous page of this thread.
 
Turned out awesome!!! You have some balls to try it, but I'm happy you pulled it off. I have several of the Bose/Case collabs, and IMO that is the best one they made. I happen to like the original color (mine is a tad darker than yours), or otherwise I'd be tempted to copy you, but maybe with a deep forest green. Anyway . . . congrats!
 
Your'e a braver man than I am Gunga Din.
I dyed black a TB production model Saddle trapper that came with awful derpy grey coloured scales...that was years ago..In retrospect you could have dyed a case large stockman first up to experiment...the blue scales look pretty good tho.
 
Your'e a braver man than I am Gunga Din.
I dyed black a TB production model Saddle trapper that came with awful derpy grey coloured scales...that was years ago..In retrospect you could have dyed a case large stockman first up to experiment...the blue scales look pretty good tho
MattWRog said:
I wish more companies did a black jigged bone. Not very common at all. It turned out nice. I will say that I think you had a bit of luck on your side. Dunking the whole knife with thin bone scales is perilous. I ruined a Case Barlow with the exact same process. It warped the scales and they pulled away from the liners. Maybe I did something wrong but it was enough to shy me away from trying it again!
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How long did you boil it?
 
meako said:
Your'e a braver man than I am Gunga Din.
I dyed black a TB production model Saddle trapper that came with awful derpy grey coloured scales...that was years ago..In retrospect you could have dyed a case large stockman first up to experiment...the blue scales look pretty good tho.
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Yeah, it wasn’t my first try with dye. I did a case sowbelly that turned out great. But the blue wasn’t a home dye job, that was a recover in camel bone.
 
meako said:
Your'e a braver man than I am Gunga Din.
I dyed black a TB production model Saddle trapper that came with awful derpy grey coloured scales...that was years ago..In retrospect you could have dyed a case large stockman first up to experiment...the blue scales look pretty good tho

How long did you boil it?
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Don’t recall exactly but noticed the one scale pulling away after only a few minutes.
 
Yours turned out better than mine.

My dyed Bonestag case stockman

I bought this knife new and carried it bout a year. It was looking pretty sad so I polished it, but it still didn’t look too good. So I did some research on this forum and found a thread on dying scales. I used whole packet of Rit powder, black, in nearly boiling water. No salt. A...
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I had some pitting when I added salt. I tried it first with. I salt and wasn’t happy so tried salt and did it again to see if the results changed, which it didn’t to any great degree.
 
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