Hand Dying Bone

[muskrat man]

Just a note to you fellows out there, culpepper sells jigged bone in undyed form. I bought some catalina and hand dyed it with potassium permanganate since they don't sell a good brown. Looks like nice vintage bone. It would look very similar to the tan WWII era bone if I had went a little easier on the PP

[tjmurphy]

MM, those handles look Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr8!!

[gino]

They are gorgeous !!! I love them !!! You did an out standing job as usual Kaleb.

I bet some happy, big dago cant wait to get em.

[tjmurphy]

Mama Mia!! What are you tryin' to say Gino? It is one-a spicey meat-a ball!!

[wlf]

Nice job bringing jigging to bolsters Kaleb.

[orvet]

That looks really nice!

How did you do the dying, just let it soak, or boil the bone in the potassium permanganate solution?
How much potassium permanganate in how much water?
How deep did the dye go into the bone?

I have used potassium permanganate before but it didn't go real deep.
I had been hoping for better penetration than I got with it.

[muskrat man]

It doesn't go very deep. I finish the handles down, dampen it, sprinkle on a thin layer of the powder and dab on water until it's a thick slurry, let it dry out and dab on more water until it's a slurry again. Do that 6-8 times to get this color. Without vacuum systems it's hard to get the same penetration that you get on factory bone.