To dye or not to dye

Shoukd i dye my stag?

  • No, leave it natural.

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  • Yes but only half

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  • Do it all, thats what most collectors want

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Joe,

It was that nice Indian couples son at OKCA. I missed him the first day until Ray Richard pointed him out. I ran over and he still had a nice selection and actually at reasonable, well not great, prices. $45 for crowns with nice size, not too huge but just right for a good bowie. Tapers were $35 with some really nice popcorn. I paid $65 for them last year. The smaller tapers were $25 which I paid $45 last year. So much better but still a bit high for what I was used to. He was pretty low toward the end of the show but I still got 2 more small popcorn tapers I had missed the day before. Long way from the $1-$2 tapers n the 80's. A good crown was $10 and rounds were about 8
 
I used to prefer the natural, but the amber dyed sure has grown on me.

Now, I think all things equal, I would be hard pressed, but but would probably pick the dyed!
 
The oil dye would make an awful mess, especially on stag
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Not really since the Fiebings oil dye is nothing more than an improved version of the regular spirit dye (see their website) and in fact the oil dye has no oil in it per theie MSDS. Having used both types for beaucoup years on both leather and antler of various sorts I can unequivably say the oil dye will work but so does the spirit dye and it's less expensive.
Why they ever called it oil dye I can't really fathom and it causes lots of confusion - in the old days many of us leather crafter's formulated our own oil dyes which generally gave one better penetration into the leather and since the Fiebings Oil dye generally gives better penetration perhaps the advertising dept figured well....
 
Ah. Thanks for the info, sir. I bought a pint of the spirit dye recently, and as I don't dye any leather, I will have enough for a while.:D
Wild Rose said:
Not really since the Fiebings oil dye is nothing more than an improved version of the regular spirit dye (see their website) and in fact the oil dye has no oil in it per theie MSDS. Having used both types for beaucoup years on both leather and antler of various sorts I can unequivably say the oil dye will work but so does the spirit dye and it's less expensive.
Why they ever called it oil dye I can't really fathom and it causes lots of confusion - in the old days many of us leather crafter's formulated our own oil dyes which generally gave one better penetration into the leather and since the Fiebings Oil dye generally gives better penetration perhaps the advertising dept figured well....
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That is very good news. I hope that they have some left when Blade rolls around. $35 for tapers is a hell of a lot better than what I have seen the last two years or so, when I could find stag at all. By the time I started buying stag in 2006, I think that the Indian government was already talking about shutting down exports that first time, so I don't think that I have never seen it for less than $25 for a good sized taper.
A C Richards said:
Joe,

It was that nice Indian couples son at OKCA. I missed him the first day until Ray Richard pointed him out. I ran over and he still had a nice selection and actually at reasonable, well not great, prices. $45 for crowns with nice size, not too huge but just right for a good bowie. Tapers were $35 with some really nice popcorn. I paid $65 for them last year. The smaller tapers were $25 which I paid $45 last year. So much better but still a bit high for what I was used to. He was pretty low toward the end of the show but I still got 2 more small popcorn tapers I had missed the day before. Long way from the $1-$2 tapers n the 80's. A good crown was $10 and rounds were about 8
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