Dyeing Knife Scales 17 knives and 6 colors

[@LuvThemKnives]

Dyeing Scales Colors being used Black / Purple /Royal blue / Sapphire Blue / Racing Red / Tropical Teal Knives Bestech Irida - tropical teal Bestech Mako - royal blue Bestech Texel - royal blue Civivi McKenna - sapphire blue Civivi Baklash - sapphire blue Civivi Brigand - royal blue Civivi Odium - purple Civivi Odium - racing red Civivi Vexer - purple Civivi Vexer - racing red Ferrum Forge Stinger - royal blue Ferrum Forge Stinger - purple Ganzo FH921 - sapphire blue Kizer Justice - sapphire blue Mosquito Tactical (Kitty) - black Steel Will Sedge - royal blue TwoSun TS116 - sapphire blue Join my Patreon & get in on the early bird knife sales & monthly drawings: www.patreon.com/LuvThemKnives?fan_landing=true LTK shirts are available in olive or camo $20 includes USA shipping Luvthemknives hats are $18 ( includes USA shipping) & a free LTK koozie LuvThemKnives strops are available $48 (includes USA shipping) contact me at [e-mail] My email address : [e-mail] My instagram instagram.com/luvthemknives

[@DMiller730W]

LTK, Believe me this video is not a "waste of time.' Thank you very much for your effort. This video was well worth my small investment in time.

[@GreenWolf70]

I started dyeing scales several years back after seeing one of your videos on dyeing scales. Since then I have dyed a lot of scales with good results. I use iDye Poly, which is powdered and in basic colors, and I save the dye in a clean plastic milk jug. I dye in an old SS large chilli pot on an electric hot plate. I mix a gallon of water to a packet of dye in boiling water. I keep the dye boiling while the scales are in the dye and, in my experience, the scales become darker the longer I leave them in, so I pull them as soon as they reach my target color. To me the color is always a mix of the original color of the scale plus the dye. Using red dye, orange scales come out bright red, while grey scales come out a burgundy red, close to your purple. Tan seems to work best with Blue dye, and I have mixed a little red dye with blue for a purple shade using tan. Green on tan G10 scales is awesome. I have left scales in too long and they will get too dark for me and I find boiling the scales in water alone will slightly lighten their shade. I had not thought about adding vinegar, but as I think about it, it may just improve the lightening process in boiling water.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Great results. I'm going to try mixing purple and blue in the pot for fun. Gotta say that Tropical Teal is nice. Gold ano'd hardware would be slick with it. Best cooking channel on KZbin.

[@philip_sechler]

Great video. I'm about to do a couple myself... Kizer cormorant and original and maybe one other. Dark-ish existing colors so going tropical to get the nice teal. Thanks for taking the time with this!

[@ronstoner1823]

Love the teal color and the grain turn out is fantastic. Very nice! 👍 Blue has always been my favorite color and I bought a couple of different colors of blue dies, but having seen what I've seen they're going to stay on the shelf. I'm going to get the teal for sure!

[@davidh0159]

Thanks for this, LTK. I"ve always wondered how some base colored scales reacted to some of the different dyes. This gives me a great insight into how they come out. Most of my collection is basically black and grey. Now I feel confident to be able to buy something in a tan or grey or blue and I can modify it to something more interesting.

[@GrandmasterBBC]

My god, what an undertaking that was! For the most part I think they all came out pretty amazing. I agree with the consensus that the tropical teal on that Bestech is a standout! I bought a CJRB Maileah in natural G10 for my daughter and we are going to attempt to do a pink gradient die on it this weekend. If that doesn't go well then we will just go for a full dunk solid super pink. Thank you for the outstanding video. Love your channel.

[@ESLAMEID]

I realy like your work. I had some experience in rit dying knife scales. I will give you some nice tips.Try boiling scale from 45 to 60 minutes in clorox, this will make your starting colour much lighter. This will give better coloring. But make sure to wash clorox well before dying so the dye takes well. Another tip, if you want to remove the dye you did and go back to exact original color boil them in clorox for 45 minutes and wax them with some oil or vaselin. Good luck

[@LuvThemKnives]

Thanks for the tips. My wife isn’t gonna let me boil Clorox in our house period !! Lol !

[@ESLAMEID]

@@LuvThemKnives unfortunately she is right, very noxious fumes.

[@davidmathews2124]

Superb job with this interesting procedure. Comprehensive and detailed…exactly as needed. Kudos my man. You’re an asset to the hobby.

[@ccv1616]

Great DIY video. I just dyed the white G-10 scales from my mini Bugout and Tan scales from my Buck Trunk 252+. Used Sapphire Blue and both came out great. Boiled for 10 minutes with a tblsp of vinegar in a EZFoil baking pan. Saturated really well. The White ones look much brighter. Thanks for sharing your efforts.

[@tcarroll311]

I think most of the knives look much better but that tropical real was absolutely awesom!!

[@jagpilotohio]

The teal and the royal blues are my favorites. Might need to try some. Thanks.

[@rorycalhoun8011]

Very nice... who would’ve thunk it was that easy; thanks for the instructionssssssss!!! Luv the Teal too!

[@larrykoroush6995]

I've had scales warp from too hot of temperature

[@rileyneufeld7001]

Yup same with an elementum 2, still was able to put it back together and it not be noticeable. You just need the dye at a very slight boil or a simmer. If you've got some evaporation from the water you're good to go.

[@philwillis8604]

great video. thank you for taking the time to make them.

[@addicted2knives171]

Awesome Video I Luv Dying Knives . That tropical came out fantastic. Will be dying a knife in that soon.

[@Letmetellyouwhat]

That was really helpful. Sure it was a little long, but it was great to see the transformation and really how easy it is. I'm going to start buying knives with light colored scales so I can have a little flexibility in color. Well done.

[@beaurex4756]

I just learned a whole lot about dyeing scales, excellent. Thanks.

[@unknown-ql1fk]

I love the texture/grain that shows thru the teal and im going to dye my scales now. Great vid

[@Frizzlefry7]

All five of my knives turned out fantastic! If I can talk him into doing a few more in the future, I’m definitely going to try that tropical teal! You’re the man, LTK! 👊🏻

[@jdemeter4357]

Being that people are changing their scales, I think it would be a good idea to have them send you there old scales to test color. Leaving one untouched showing the result, Even showing different color scales being colored the same color to show different shade variations.

[@NAVYWhistleblowerAssassin]

The Sapphire blue 🔵 makes the G10 resemble Denim micarta. 😍😍 Friggin cool 😎 I'm really digging the Tropical teal, too. Awesome video LTK. That's a lot of work to share this with us.

[@NealHartsChannel]

This guy makes the best knife videos! Thanks for all the hard work in this video.

[@dominickcabal5347]

Awesome endeavor sir! Really turned out fantastic especially the blue (my birthstone is sapphire)... Dom

[@chessnut991]

They all look great! I'm gonna save this video for my reference when I go to dye a couple of my own. Thank you.

[@bladeogre8657]

Awesome video. Agree that the Teal Bestech looks the best. This video is timely for me because just bought the TS127 in m390 and hate orange so will be dying that one (sapphire or red) and probably my orange Swordfish one day.

[@timrice5342]

did you dye the orange?

[@jinxjones5497]

Thanks brother. My goal is to dye SAK silvertech scales into purple/violet jelly scales. I wasn't sure I'd be able to do it but I feel good about doing it now

[@nickmartino2839]

This was a wonderful informative video. Thank you brother!!!!! God bless

[@HeadBassVTEC]

I must say they all turned out better then they came in, except maybe that inconsistenent one love the saphire blue, love the burgundy and love the teal, even the black was really nice and would look great if that was on both sides they all were quite light colors though, would be interesting to see more darker base colors how they turn out when exposed to different dye colors

[@rasputinscastle]

They all look better.😊

[@infidel24]

That teal turned out amazing.

[@DJHamburgla]

Thanks for doing all that research. It really helped me choose a color.

[@Obliticus]

A trick to help out when the dye comes out somewhat whitewashed or inconsistent is to hit them with a thin layer of clear acrylic spray... it really helps bring out the color. I've also played around with just dropping them in the dye for short periods of time and have come up with some really cool effects like with a sculpted tan G10 scale dyed dark green. It came our green with tan streaks that gives a pretty cool camo look.

[@ElementalJade]

I love that teal colour, I think I might have a go at that one. I’ve only done it with black and dark blue before.

[@NAVYWhistleblowerAssassin]

"That's the flipper tab from hell" 🤣🤣🤣 Everyone is staring at me on the bus laughing my butt off. I haven't heard that phrase since the 80s when Slick Willie was flying in cocaine through Mena AK & violating his staffers.

[@hilltopknivesandgear8103]

Good job Lee. They all look fantastic!!!

[@metalkingforever420]

That teal looks awesome.

[@bustoff1736]

You make it look so easy. Thanks for the video!

[@steveredmen437]

That was awesome. The teal won the shoe but they all look good. You should have done 20. Very entertaining. Thanks.

[@FYLbingbong]

teal looks awesome, also the purple.

[@STUFFWEDO]

Very cool. The teal is a stand-out. Thanks

[@paulmallar5055]

They all came out great but the teal was awesome

[@Baruch-Hashem]

You do not need to take them apart. Just degrease thoughrouly (I use simple green) and use compressed air to blow all remaining water / die out of the knives. Use some food grade mineral oil (the only knife oil you will ever need) on the moving parts afterward and your done. If you like taking apart knives, have fun, its just not required. For some knives with metal liners, they perhaps will be lighter if the back of the scale does not get any die, but it is never a problem to keep making them darker. As I said, no need to disassemble. Me, I have done this on several Spydercos, a few Cold Steels on their FRN and G10. Also a Hinderer with Micarta and it has worked on them all. For compressed air, I use a compressor to dry them out very thouroughly. Lightly boiling water will not untemper any knife steel. Do not let the knife ever rest on bottom of the pot or the FRN can deform.

[@mannyz5307]

Great vid. Teal and Racing Red are my faves. I might try it.

[@nickwehman7537]

Thank you so much you help me pick my color

[@jamescase7612]

Brother that was monster I love what you do and that teil was over the top that you for what you did I know it wasn't easy so thank you brother

[@bruceswearingen7718]

That teal is nice

[@christopherskipp1525]

The purple looks great.

[@danielwade7.62x51]

The tropical teal is awesome ,

[@tcarroll311]

I think most of the handles came out better than they were but the teal was awesome.

[@9mmmike642]

The teal is incredible!!!

[@krisyoung447]

I'm going to start doing some of this as well as anodizing titanium. The Vexer is my favorite Civivi. Think I'll try a blue and leave the backspacer tan. What are you charging to do this?

[@LuvThemKnives]

I’m not doing it 😂.

[@bionick4281]

I hope some of these end up on your next table sale!

[@LuvThemKnives]

I own 12 of the 17 knives

[@bionick4281]

@@LuvThemKnives I love the way everything came out! I would love to have a matching royal blue Stinger to go with my mini Archbishop!

[@LuvThemKnives]

@@bionick4281 Unfortunately my Stinger is the purple one. Lol !

[@akquicksilver]

Yeah the teal is the winner. The purples are ok too.

[@ParamountPocket]

I damn near fell down laughing at the part when you said you "gotta put all these damn things back together" lol because at the same time i was thinking the exact same thing. Thanks for the video, im dying a couple of Harnds (Talisman&Wind) scales later today and i bought them in natural g10 hoping it would be the best for dying. (Using Graphite&Teal) dye i just bought. We'll see!

[@The11eleven]

I would re-dye the black one again with black, but with the non-powder dye

[@bruceswearingen7718]

Those all turned out nice ( custom)

[@DaiwaMaster]

The Kizer looks good with the darker blue scales rather than the original gray blue. The teal ones are amazing tho, I wish you’d done the Kizer in teal so I could see how my own Justice would look.

[@feraltrafficcone4483]

When I get the Kizer Cormorant, I’m gonna dye the white to something else. Can’t decide what color yet, however

[@tommyburrito7907]

Great Video!!!! Fun times!!!

[@TheLastRanger]

Thanks for doing this. I’m partial to red scales. But I thought purple and the teal were really nice. Have you ever went to the Rit site and looked at the formula guide? My next dye project I’m gonna mix colors and attempt custom colors. I’m not an expert either but from my past projects if you leave them in and bring the temp up they turn richer colors. Especially the red, 25 minutes to get a redder red versus a brownish red on say a tan or grey starting scales. I’m gonna attempt a three color blended dip. I saw a video where a guy did one and it turned out cool. That teal one like you said outshined all the others. 🤟🏻 If you’re interested check out my video for the Civivi Wyvern and HoneyBadger. I painted with dye because both those scales were molded and I could get more 3D effects out of the red and black dye.

[@threeriversknifeworks4283]

I was just watching some older videos of yours and this rit dyeing video is really helpful. Also I love your videos, you make me laugh all the time. You said "I should probably hang these all on the pot right, but I just don't give a crap. You made iced tea shoot out my nose, keep up the good work LTK. What's your name, so I can stop calling you LTK???

[@hdfbrider32]

Any experience with changing the color of a lyme green Spyderco Manix 2 lightweight?

[@SimplicityEDC]

Will jade G10 go completely black? Or always remain a slight dark purple tone?

[@LuvThemKnives]

I’ve never tried to dye it completely black. So I don’t know.

[@SimplicityEDC]

@@LuvThemKnives thanks!

[@thesaltyrant5716]

How much for the blue kizer vanguard ? The one in the bottom far left.

[@LuvThemKnives]

The Kizer Justice ? Just email me to discuss. Thanks. [e-mail]

[@tomnelson8515]

Heat breaks down epoxy which I think G10 is somewhat of a composite???? Have you hit those scales with a hammer after being boiled? Do they crumble?

[@samuelpalumbo8102]

Did you have any issues with scales warping or shrinking? I rit dyed some Civivi micarta and haven't been able to reassemble the knife without having the screw holes of the scales misaligned with the liner.

[@LuvThemKnives]

I’ve only done a few micarta scales. But no problem with warping etc. How long are you boiling them ?

[@samuelpalumbo8102]

@@LuvThemKnives Way too long, I think- about a half hour. I was hedging on the side of light dye, but I think I should have gone with more dye over less time.

[@willtrax71]

Can you do anything to Black FRN scales??

[@LuvThemKnives]

Not that I’m aware of.

[@willtrax71]

@@LuvThemKnives lol didn’t think so other than paint...

[@elduderinoakahisdudeness]

Doesn't a near boil temperature make the plastic brittle?

[@codylomas5848]

Tried using regular black rit dye instead of synthetic black turned into navy

[@chris3275]

Can you bleach dark scales first if you want to go with a lighter color?

[@LuvThemKnives]

I haven’t been able to do it.

[@chris3275]

@@LuvThemKnives have you tried the Rit color remover?

[@LuvThemKnives]

No I haven’t tried it. Let me know if it works for you.

[@christopherskipp1525]

So you can dye both G10 and Micarta?

[@LuvThemKnives]

Supposedly you can dye micarta but my last attempt was a disaster !!

[@mytopicsopinions2840]

My knife handles are orange.. What rit die would make a good color

[@LuvThemKnives]

Good luck with dying Orange scales. Almost any color dye will result in brown. Dark red might change the color a bit.

[@mytopicsopinions2840]

@@LuvThemKnives okay thanks

[@mytopicsopinions2840]

@@LuvThemKnives anyway I could get to the color gray?

[@francissobotka8725]

The teal ones look like they were soaked in nyquil

[@grandprixgtpjy]

Anyone ever try dipping g10 scales in bleach? Curious if they would still hold their original color.

[@LuvThemKnives]

I’ve tried. It didn’t affect the color of the scales.

[@86rican]

Have you ever dye a orange G10 scale?

[@christopherskipp1525]

Did you dye the back spacers?

[@Hunglikeagrimsmo]

Am I the only one that sees a dark blue from the black dye? Don't get me wrong I love the color I just don't see black

[@TheLastRanger]

I see more of a dark grey?

[@edwardyork4321]

LTK it is only a waste of time, if you don't enjoy what your doing, or you don't get anything out of the time 😜👍

[@yueyasha791]

hello dear ,are you like g10 sheet

[@mauriciolguin]

Has somebody tried to put bleach to make the scales clearer?

[@eskee1]

Gotta watch some lame ass Biden add before I luvthemknives... kinda whack KZbin...

[@davidmathews2124]

Superb job with this interesting procedure. Comprehensive and detailed…exactly as needed. Kudos my man. You’re an asset to the hobby.