Ok I gave it some orange and brown RIT dye and here is the outcome
Overall I am satisfied with the color, it’s an improvement. However the RIT dye process did leave a couple of small blemishes on the steel - even though I taped up all the exposed parts. Just shows how careful you have to be and how risky it is. The camel bone was also trickier to dye than cow bone - I wasn’t surprised to see some color variation, especially on the pile side, as I knew I would have difficulty getting it even.
The lustre has returned to the bone but I would describe it as satin, whereas the goldenrod knives I would say are gloss. I am not sure if I can improve this but I will give it a go.