Nice looking family <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Dan

That is a collection to be proud of.

Congrats on a beautiful obsession. The black and gray look great together.
My DF is loosing the gray. It's gonna be bald soon, well nekkid I guess. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

That's just a small part of Jeff's collection! LOL

I agree buddy, blk n Gry shweeeeet!

Thats a nice looking collection

That is a very nice collection! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Looks like the KZ2 and S5 would make a nice piggyback combo. Also, how and what did you use to dye the micarta, I like it.

That's the cool thing about the Gray, it seems to wear well and the steel is basically gray underneath. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />




A small part indeed... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />




I use the same Black I use when dyeing leather black, Fiebings Professional Oil Die. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

They look really good like that. I was wondering if you would disclose a little more about the dyeing process?

Do you do it with the handle slabs on the blade, and if so, does it leave the paint on the blade alone? I have a white Waki with "black" micarta slabs, I'd love to have the slabs actually be black, instead of the gray-green they are now.

-MD

I don't take the handles off, the dye penetrates pretty quickly, so I just wipe it on and then wipe it off. It seems to wipe off the gray pretty good, any that's left is pretty minimal if at all, I'm not sure about the white though, it might leave a little behind, but a little rubbing alcohol would probably remove that. It's hard to say for sure though... If your careful, it can be applied with a Q-tip, and just don't go all the way to the White, or try applying a little to the white in an inconspicuous place, then wipe it off and see how it does.

BTW, the process is pretty messy, you'll have stained hands for a couple of days if your not careful, unless you wear some surgical gloves. I'm used to having stained hands so I don't even worry about it any more... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Here's a before and after of my stained Waki...

Before



After


I need to stain the AK too, just haven't gotten around to it yet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />