Rit Dye Fade Process on the Spyderco Native 5 Maxamet

Here's a look at the Gray scales on the Native 5 Maxamet getting dyed. Sort of a boring few minutes as I wait for results, but the process is this quick and I wanted to show the whole thing.
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Thanks for watching and take care!

[@t_mac6866]

Man I LOVE the way those scales turned out!!!!! That is the sweetest Native I have seen, I'm super jealous man!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

It was easy to do, as you can see. Just dye and water, piece of cake!

[@TyMalhoneson]

Oh good God that is beautiful. I have RIT dyed before but nothing like that.

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Then you should! As you can see it wasn't really tough to do at all.

[@floridamanknives]

Thank you for this video! I watched it when you released it I remember, but coming back to it now that I may dye some Jade G10 scales.

[@shnicklefritz15]

Those look pretty sweet! Good job, man!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@mnateshyamalan8729]

Okay, I now know what I'm doing on my days off lol great video and nice knife!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thanks man! Have fun doing it!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thanks man! Have fun doing it!

[@lo_que3827]

I've seen a few people ask, so I'll share my own experience. I have a Yellow Spyderco Dragonfly that was blue fade dyed by KnivesPlus. After a year of being carried everyday the blue green rubbed off and faded into what is a purplish color. Knife now looks like a bruised banana. Going to re-dye. Just thought I'd share that the shelf life on my dye job was about a year of constant carry.

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Great info, thank you!

[@drewpfeif5028]

That's the question I was going to ask. Thanks for the heads up

[@peachjackson3856]

This is some customization I could actually do! :) Thank you for sharing this.

[@majergens]

I like the tutorial format, and I love the results you got using RIT liquid dye on the Spydie scales. You got a wonderful fade effect that looks like Spyderco did it at their factory. Questione : How well does the dye adhere to the material? Does any color rub off, like when the knife is in pocket ? Maybe try rubbing a white cloth on the scale if you are not sure. Anyway, nice work JT!

[@TyMalhoneson]

Mike Jergens I'm not answering for JT but in my experience with RIT dying it stays really well if you know how to thoroughly wash off the excess dye after you are done dying.

[@majergens]

Zachary Martof , I appreciate the reply. Thanks!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

It'll stay just fine, even with use. After the first few seconds the color sets and it's pretty much a done deal. Nothing that I've ever seen rubs off.

[@mforrest1508]

JT's Knife Life in my experiences you ha e to knock off any hard corners with sand paper first.

[@bamaknifeguy]

That turned out really cool man. I was thinking of doing my Native 5 maxamet too. I dig it

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Nice, you should go for it!

[@trevithickrob]

Thank you for the video. Much appreciated. Always wondered how it would work. Please forgive the noob question, but will the dye eventually wear off?

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Well, it could, but it would take a lot of unconventional wear. Somethings I dyed years ago look exactly the same now as when I first did them. Removing dye can be a long an tough process, so I'd call it pretty permanent.

[@gerekappo]

@@JTsKnifeLife Loved the video man, i'm starting to play with dyes now, and will start with Titanium Ano someday(gathering everything i need). It is possible to remove the dye on G10? i'm tryng to find any info about that, and... no luck!

[@aray9628]

Really cool looks great!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@chelssyveatch3635]

Beautiful. Answered all my questions

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Glad to hear. Thanks for watching!

[@thomaslanders1162]

It looks good..modding knives is interesting but not my thing.. Off topic but picked up a BNIB BM 484 (G10, M390) at store up in Maine.. It says December 2013 Prototype on blade and box.. The F&F is great..Not sure how rare it is..Any idea ? Thanks....

[@JTsKnifeLife]

I'm not sure how many prototypes get made for each model, but usually they're much rarer and harder to come by than knives in the first production runs. It's a really cool thing to have, especially for such an excellent model!

[@thomaslanders1162]

Thanks JT... It is cool..I know you are a big BM guy.. Did a search and only found 2 or 3 that had been for sale..I'll probably hang onto it..I still have 50ish knives so it would be foolish to use it..

[@bumstudios8817]

That came out great

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thanks bud!

[@jordansteffanson4998]

That's cool thanks for the vid! Now just gotta figure out what color to do my yellow native salt when I get it...any suggestions?

[@JTsKnifeLife]

We'll need to make sure we do different colors on that one hahaha. I was thinking purple or green.

[@jordansteffanson4998]

JT's Knife Life What do you reckon that dye would do to titanium scales say.... A Spydiechef :)

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Jordan Steffanson I don't think it'll take. Some GFN scales work well, FRN, etc. But anything else is a struggle. Anything polished in terms of G10 and plastics can be difficult too.

[@jcravoc4223]

Wow looks really good👍

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Thanks man, how are things?

[@jcravoc4223]

JT's Knife Life Still out here taking things one day at a time. Sorry i haven’t been watching your videos as much anymore but wifi sucks out here lol. Either way keep em coming ill binge watch then when i get a chance.

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Take your time man, I'll be here. Stay safe and take care! 👍

[@blitzbbffl]

Nice job, thanks for the tutorial!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

My pleasure to do it. 👍

[@bigperm005]

Was there any water mixed in with the rit? Ratio and did you boil or microwave it?

[@iivv_nn]

Looks good

[@knifenoob5411]

Gray looked great.

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Yeah, the gray was pretty nice.

[@neverstoplearning2]

Love it, thanks for the tutorial!

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Sure thing, thanks for watching!

[@lavatross6209]

Do you think that this would work on the tan scales of the honey badger knives?

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Hahaha not sure if this was a joke or if you haven't seen any of my other mod videos. Short answer: yes, it works.

[@lavatross6209]

Hmmmm no it wasn’t a joke. I’m just getting at tan honeybadger and haven’t done that much research. Thanks tho for letting me know!! This makes me much more confident in dying scales

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Sorry for the snarky reply hahaha. I do have a number of videos on the honey badger with mods. It's pretty simple to do, and the tan is light enough that almost any color will work. Good luck with it, feel free to shoot me an email @[e-mail] with any questions or to share your results! 👍

[@lavatross6209]

Thanks so much! I send the results. Now I just need to wait for my knife lube which is stuck somewhere in America.......

[@valenteleanos4774]

I thought it wasn't possible to remove a scale w pins? I see screws but I also see 1 pin toward the top. How do you remove pins?

[@JTsKnifeLife]

That's just the stop pin, so it pops out when the rest of the knife is disassembled. Otherwise though, yeah, pin together construction can ruin a lot of plans.

[@FearNoSteel]

That shit is hawt, saw it on Jefs channel

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Hahaha thanks man!

[@dimscrawl4910]

how did you remove the pin?

[@JTsKnifeLife]

What pin do you mean?

[@dimscrawl4910]

@@JTsKnifeLife the one that keeps the lockback in place, there's 4 screws (2 on the pivot) and a pin Edit: nevermind this v ideo shows how kzbin.info/www/bejne/naSxqmqQjdagrLM

[@dimscrawl4910]

@@JTsKnifeLife It turned out pretty good! I did the reverse from you, from blue to grey-black. I have a deep carry clip coming soon but just wanted to thank you now. i.imgur.com/krPzAUb.jpg I put my lockbar together again backwards, the little flat steel tension spring, so everyone should spare themselves the headache and make sure they don't do that. I kept it on the stove for about 30 minutes because I wanted to achieve a darker colour and my local store didn't have the synthetic dye in black, only the powder stuff. One of the little metal inserts with the threads fell out so I probably cooked it a little too hot, but it was nothing a little superglue couldn't fix.

[@natebowman637]

I got a civivi aquila with tan g10. Im going to die the scales with a royal purple

[@JTsKnifeLife]

That'll look great!

[@bp-hx9ts]

Dam I thought that was the s110v it looks exactly like the blue ole s110v maybe a little bluer

[@JTsKnifeLife]

Not quite that dark.