Bamboo & Dye?

[003sim]

I have just finished creating this bamboo backed osage and I am looking for some photos of your favorite dye jobs you may have. I am thinking about just brown dye trying to make it a little darker around the nodes our maybe a light green base with brown and black mixed in there somehow.
  I haven't posted a picture on here either so I created a photobucket account and will try and get that to work on here also.
  I would love to see some of your creations.

 


 

[walkabout]

looks very nice. you might be able to search for ways to dye bamboo on here.

[4est trekker]

Good looking bow!  I just finished a boo backed ipe/osage bow blank from James Parker at Huntworthy Productions (picture below).  I had him do the dye job for me, but he uses dyes from Pine Hollow Longbows.  He applies it with a mouth atomizer.  

   

   

[003sim]

Here it is after I finished it. It took awhile as I got a little sidetracked.

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[003sim]

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad89/003sim/Longbow%20Build/1285455294.jpg

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[Eric Krewson]

I use a bunch of coats of medium brown leather dye then lighten it between the nodes with a scotch bright pad. Sometimes I make the bows back almost mahogany/black, sometimes lighter.

Here is one of the lighter versions.

 

[003sim]

That looks really nice, and it was what I was shooting for also. I had it a little darker then ran a scotch pad over it also. I thought it was dried up enough, I let it sit a day, but I removed it a bit more when I applied some wax to finish it off.
  What do you use after you have it all stained up to protect it?

[stickhead]

I use several coats of tru oil after I stain mine

[John Cooper]

This is my favorite dye job to date.  I used rit dye.  Next time I might use leather dye depending on how color fast it is in the sun.

[David Ricke]

These are some really nice dye jobs. I have had good results also with leather dye. Good Hunting Knifemaker

[stickhead]

That rit dye job is cool.

[Apex Predator]

 

 

 

[hova]

that green was awesome. was the backing functional , and heres the buildalong...