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Old 01-22-2015, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE: After that I had to put like 5 coat sof dye to get it to look decent

I agree, light brown dye is often too dark. Adding the dye to Neatsfoot oil will lighten the color (assuming the dye is oil based). But, we're not talking about an equal amount of oil and dye. In my mix I have a small bottle of dye and at least a gallon of Neatsfoot. Then, I dunk the sheath rather than try to paint it on - that's the only way I've ever been able to avoid splotches. Some slight difference in color may appear across the sheath but that's because of the leather rather than the application method and, usually, after the sheath dries the color evens out....


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Sometimes the pre-stamping/molding on faux stuff is tricky to dye. I always do test pieces with different dyes to get desired effect before applying to finished product. Leather is organic and adsorbent so consistency is a challenge for sure. I've never mixed dye with neatsfoot oil as Ray has suggested, seems like it'd be a bit dark to me, but he has gotten great results.
I've found that wetting and wiping off residual water then using a foam pad to wipe on stain will give a slightly lighter shade.....but test your scrap piece first.

Make you a bookbinder's skive for feathering finite edges, looks like a very thin flat chisel. Has to be very sharp and use it like you would for "shaving" gunk off your marble tooling block. Use it with the block as your support backing. You can get a paper thin skive with practice. I can imagine the gator would be very tricky to skive but can be done. I've skived snake and lizard this way, but not for the faint of heart.
Alternative might be to use your belt sander and carefully thin the edge while damp.
Inlay panels like that are always a challenge, especially the large ones.

Don't fret on it too much, the sheath looks pretty good.


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I am sorry but the tittle to this thread, made me laugh,

The first thing that came to mind was, " does this Bowie make my butt look big". No, and the Bowie don't look bad either, in fact the Bowie is sweet!


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