Purple Scales?????

[DandS]

Hey everyone....My Daughter, Chloe Beth, wants us to build her a "Purple Knife" to give to Santa Claus because Santa don't know how to build knives.....So Skyler and I are looking for Purple Handle material options...Purple Heart we've got but not Purple enough according to her...maybe Diamond wood or the Acrylic type materials??? We always use wood or bone/ Stag so out of our comfort zone...Any advice as to Purple Scales???? Anyone got any for Sale?

 

[Jake Mello]

Ankrom carries purple dyed wood scales.

http://www.ankromexotics.com/products.php?view=productListPage&category=9

Jake

 

[Josh Dabney]

DandS

Here's a purple option. It's reconstituted ston and will work like wood from my understanding. I would not consider it a great material... but it sure is PURPLE

http://jantzsupply.com/cartease/item-detail.cfm?ID=GT103

They have blocks, scales or cylinders I believe

-Josh

 

[Mark Redmon]

I know staburl on ebay makes some nice purple dyed box elder.

 

[Cubane]

I am using some Acacia Carnei on at knife at the moment it is a nice purple.

 

[Dacks]

Purple Heart maybe??

 

[Burl Source]

I tried aniline dye once on a maple burl slab. It sure did turn the wood into a bright purple color nature never intended. I bet if you checked with Tandy Leather you could get a bright purple leather dye and use it on a white wood like curly or quilted maple. I would shape and sand the handle, then dye the wood and lightly sand afterward followed by a clear top coat of lacquer or even CA glue. Just my opinion but would be a low cost solution.

 

[BDK]

My daughter wanted a purple knife a few years ago also. I went with some purple stained maple scales, she was very happy with it. I think i got them from texas knife makers supply.

 

[Dacks]

Or.... maybe use potassium permanganate as a purple dye.

 

[Erin Burke]

WSSI will do a purple dye when they stabilize. I have never used that color myself, but there are photos somewhere on BF from the past year or two of a really cool knife with purple WSSI handle/scales. I'd check with Mike at WSSI and see if he has any purple maple or box elder laying around.

Erin

 

[Erin Burke]

Did a Google search of BF and found THIS POST by Larry Shaughnessy. It's the one I was thinking of.

Erin

 

[JRNP]

I think you should reconsider the purple heart. You can burn it with a heat gun and it will darken and deepen the color of the purple. You can control the depth all the way to an almost black color.

 

[JAWilliams]

Larry Shaughnessy had some not too long ago that was beautiful.

 

[John Andrews]

I had a box of tiger maple blocks dyed and stabilized by Mike at WSSI, various colors, including purple. All of it turned out great and with brilliant colors.

 

[Meridian Blades]

Heres those pics you asked for. I have double dyed box elder and dyed maple, the birdseye is gone. The box elder is violet / teal and fades from purple to blue, while the maple is more of a traditional purple color.