BladeForums 2024 Traditional Knife

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[.577NE]

This turned out exceptionally well, I am loving it

 

[FLymon]

Looks great!
If I may, what dye did you use?

 

[Boru13]

Love the green

Just curious, is it the lighting or did you do something to the bolsters?

 

[lithicus]

That looks fantastic!!

 

[meako]

Yeah come on
Spill the beans.....don't spill the dye though....just the beans

 

[TheIncredibleHoke]

Now elderberry

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Hey Steve, what dye did you use for this? It’s exactly what I’m envisioning for mine.

 

[GPO MAN]

Hey Steve, what dye did you use for this? It’s exactly what I’m envisioning for mine.

I’ll PM you

 

[Murphjd25]

Love seeing all the dyed ones! They all look much improved!

 

[timgiesel]

This turned out exceptionally well, I am loving it

Looks great!
If I may, what dye did you use?

Love the green

Just curious, is it the lighting or did you do something to the bolsters?

Just the lightin. The bolsters are still the same.

That looks fantastic!!

Thank you guys! I used RIT dark green for natural materials.

 

[meako]

Conspiracy Theory #1.
Kev got them made speshly light so we would dye them.

 

[CuzDoug85]

It looks like all of the BF 2024 91 Stockman knives have all sold. Congratulations to all those who opted to get one and thank you to Spark and GEC for making this happen.

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Still giving me the option to buy, hell it even says buy as many as you want... there's plenty! At $300, there should be plenty left!

 

[lambertiana]

Conspiracy Theory #1.
Kev got them made speshly light so we would dye them.

Sounds reasonable to me

I have seen a few that looked really nice as delivered, and there have been some really good dye jobs, too. Winners all around.

 

[GaiusJulius]

I almost feel bad (almost) with my strong words about the original color and configuration when it was announced. In hand they’re not bad IMO.

I think they’re better, dyed though. Maybe I can sell a couple of .22s and afford to buy another for experimentation. That red looks lovely.

 

[yablanowitz]

No matter how hard I try, I can't feel the difference in color with either hand when I'm using them

 

[DJWOLF]

FYI, the Case Trapper Sheath will indeed hold the knife. Thanks to the one who suggested it.

 

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[Hatchet_Jack]

Wowee, did you do that yourself? Looks great

 

[btb01]

Wowee, did you do that yourself? Looks great

No, I sent it off to Travman and his brother-in-law. They do a great job. They’ve got a thread with more of their work:

Thread 'Custom Dyed GEC’s by Nathan & Travis'

Aug 31, 2023

I’m so happy with the dye job on these two GEC’s. I have always loved deep red dyed bone on a pocket knife. However, many red bone GEC’s tend to lean towards pink. I have tried dyeing knives in the past, but was always discouraged by the corrosive action of dyes like RIT. These two knives were dyed by my Bro-in-law. He uses an industrial lacquer based dye that is non-corrosive and does an excellent job of penetrating deeply and not leaching out. I’m excited because I have often turned down red GEC’s because of the white to pink edges around the bolsters. We should be able to fix that issue...

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[OldSoul]

Can anyone do a comparison shot to other patterns for a size reference? Sorry if I missed some in the past.