It soaked into the fibers. That's one reason I just went ahead and dyed the whole side, the alcohol based leather dyes penetrate pretty good, so I knew it would be almost impossible to remove once it got in there... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

What's interesting is I decided to leave the other side along, so it's got two totally different color handles. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />