Post up your Rit dye projects..

[ZrowsN1s]

A quick dunk in Tropical Teal yields a color pretty close to the LC200N Salt handles. A little more 70's green though. Which I like. A long soak will give a nice dark green.

[Capt'n Boatsalot]

Does anyone have insight as to whether it is possible to get the Seki K390 FRN to dye to a royal blue? Seems like that is taking a darker blue lighter, and so probably not possible. Any thoughts?

[JSumm]

Seems like Royal Blue would be darker or richer, but with the tint of that K390 Blue not sure it would be vibrant. I think you could definitely do some kind of Navy Blue.

[sshook]

Before and after. Did about 1 minute 15 seconds in a Royal Purple bath.

[D.Newman]

Finished up the s30v Native, pink scales faded with royal purple. It will be a stocking stuffer for my wife on Christmas.
The rex45 was done several months ago, it's a peacock green fade (the fade is lost in the photo).

[sshook]

Finished up the s30v Native, pink scales faded with royal purple. It will be a stocking stuffer for my wife on Christmas.
The rex45 was done several months ago, it's a peacock green fade (the fade is lost in the photo).

That pink Native is gorgeous!!!

[cabfrank]

It is. Actually, I like both of them.

[BigFishShamu]

For anyone that has Salt series knife, did you disassemble the knife completely? Or just stick the handle part of the blade into the dye/water? I’m thinking about getting a Tasman/dragonfly SE to dye in the near future!

[ZrowsN1s]

For anyone that has Salt series knife, did you disassemble the knife completely? Or just stick the handle part of the blade into the dye/water? I’m thinking about getting a Tasman/dragonfly SE to dye in the near future!

With the salts I always leave them assembled. I open the knife half way and hold it by the blade and stir the handle around in the dye. If the knife has a clip, take the clip off first or the dye might not make under the clip.

[Evil D]

For anyone that has Salt series knife, did you disassemble the knife completely? Or just stick the handle part of the blade into the dye/water? I’m thinking about getting a Tasman/dragonfly SE to dye in the near future!

I take them apart mainly so I can scrub them down thoroughly and make sure the dye sets in evenly. Any lubricant in the pivot or anywhere else can cause splotchy results. You could probably scrub a Salt knife out enough to get it done but also Salts are among the easiest ones to take apart and put back together so I just go all in.

[BigFishShamu]

Thanks for the tips y’all

[MouseRat]

Just finished doing a Rit dye on my new factory second Native 5 Maxamet. Used the "Dye More" synthetic dyes, did a fade from dark grey to black (Graphite). Also replaced the satin screws with black (Etsy). Lynch blacksmith clip on order. Really happy with this one, and the knife seems fantastic - another Q2 where it's hard to tell why it wasn't up to their quality standards.

[vivi]

[JSumm]

Looks good Vivi. Looks similar to the blueish green I got on my LC200N Pac Salt.

[advan]

Does anyone have insight as to whether it is possible to get the Seki K390 FRN to dye to a royal blue? Seems like that is taking a darker blue lighter, and so probably not possible. Any thoughts?

Check Knives&Lint's post on page 15.

[vivi]

Looks good Vivi. Looks similar to the blueish green I got on my LC200N Pac Salt.

It's a great looking color. I'll have to do a satin finished 2 some day. Maybe with my first H2 Pacific...

[40mm]

Dyed this guy black way back and have just let it fade from there.

[Capt'n Boatsalot]

Does anyone have insight as to whether it is possible to get the Seki K390 FRN to dye to a royal blue? Seems like that is taking a darker blue lighter, and so probably not possible. Any thoughts?

Check Knives&Lint's post on page 15.

Thanks Advan, exactly what I was looking for. Appreciate you digging that post up!

[Urkilnmesmalls]

Here’s my most recent

[vivi]

Wanted one a bit lighter than the last, so I tried Kelly Green dye I had leftover from my M4 Manix and it turned out great. The dark green looks almost black in a lot of lighting, while this one looks green even in low light.