Twosun Unboxing. 5 Knives! TS142 TS186 TS215 TS240 TS419 & Fade Dye G10 Directions
Published: 1 year ago
Today, we are unboxing 5 twosun knives. Only a quick look and size comparison.
CREDITS (in order of appearance)
CIVIVI Mini Asticus in Damascus with Yellow/Orange Fade G10
Twosun TS240 in M390 and Titanium
Twosun TS419 in YJ01 V1, Titanium and CF
Twosun TS142 in M390, Titanium, Micarta, and CF
Twosun TS215 in 14C28N, Titanium and CF
Twosun TS186 in M390, Titanium and CF
Spyderco PM2 in Maxamet and RGT Burlap Micarta
Benchmade 300 aka Ball Flipper in 154CM and G10
Benchmade 555 aka Mini Griptilian in 154CM and G10 Scales from KSF
Benchmade 550-1 aka Griptilian in 20CV and G10
DYE DIRECTIONS
The Jade G10 Mini Asticus from CIVIVI used Daffodil Yellow and Apricot Orange RIT Synthetic Dye for this fade dye job. I did warm and cool versions of three models and this was one of them. The contrasting cool one is Tropical Teal and Sapphire Blue.
I mix the dye:water 1:3 in a jar and sit the jar on a piece of Silicone mesh in a pot of boiling water. I use canning jar tongs to handle the jars and I use small stainless dishes on top of the jars to keep the temp from dropping and the water from boiling out of the dye so quickly when I'm not using them. The dye temperature is usually about 180°F or so.
Prep all material by cleaning them well with dish soap using melamine for any stubborn grime
Hang the parts on a wire and slowly dip into the dye from one end. Be smooth about lowering it down into the dye bath. The least dyed part with each color will have very brief exposure. Just take 10-15 seconds to lower it 75-80% of the way in.
Slowly or quickly lift it back up out of the bath. Just be aware of how this affects your soak time.
Rinse it off in the sink and you will see light color. Just keep going back in till you're happy with the color. It does look different dry than wet.
A quick rinse is all it takes to make them safe to handle. If I'm doing a fade like this, the last 20% or so sees zero time with the opposite color. Be careful to keep your dyes labeled and separate. Rinse well between dips. And make sure you stir the dye before you use it. I use disposable chopsticks and they're pretty now.
This yellow/orange probably had a total of 3 min in hot dye at both ends to achieve this saturation while only 3 seconds of momentary exposure for the least dyed part with that color and at no time was I holding the material static in the dye. You will get a darker line at the surface if you do that. I’m probably slowly lowering it three times for a minute each or so except for the sapphire blue. That one dyed fast and was probably half the time as the other colors.
CREDITS (in order of appearance)
CIVIVI Mini Asticus in Damascus with Yellow/Orange Fade G10
Twosun TS240 in M390 and Titanium
Twosun TS419 in YJ01 V1, Titanium and CF
Twosun TS142 in M390, Titanium, Micarta, and CF
Twosun TS215 in 14C28N, Titanium and CF
Twosun TS186 in M390, Titanium and CF
Spyderco PM2 in Maxamet and RGT Burlap Micarta
Benchmade 300 aka Ball Flipper in 154CM and G10
Benchmade 555 aka Mini Griptilian in 154CM and G10 Scales from KSF
Benchmade 550-1 aka Griptilian in 20CV and G10
DYE DIRECTIONS
The Jade G10 Mini Asticus from CIVIVI used Daffodil Yellow and Apricot Orange RIT Synthetic Dye for this fade dye job. I did warm and cool versions of three models and this was one of them. The contrasting cool one is Tropical Teal and Sapphire Blue.
I mix the dye:water 1:3 in a jar and sit the jar on a piece of Silicone mesh in a pot of boiling water. I use canning jar tongs to handle the jars and I use small stainless dishes on top of the jars to keep the temp from dropping and the water from boiling out of the dye so quickly when I'm not using them. The dye temperature is usually about 180°F or so.
Prep all material by cleaning them well with dish soap using melamine for any stubborn grime
Hang the parts on a wire and slowly dip into the dye from one end. Be smooth about lowering it down into the dye bath. The least dyed part with each color will have very brief exposure. Just take 10-15 seconds to lower it 75-80% of the way in.
Slowly or quickly lift it back up out of the bath. Just be aware of how this affects your soak time.
Rinse it off in the sink and you will see light color. Just keep going back in till you're happy with the color. It does look different dry than wet.
A quick rinse is all it takes to make them safe to handle. If I'm doing a fade like this, the last 20% or so sees zero time with the opposite color. Be careful to keep your dyes labeled and separate. Rinse well between dips. And make sure you stir the dye before you use it. I use disposable chopsticks and they're pretty now.
This yellow/orange probably had a total of 3 min in hot dye at both ends to achieve this saturation while only 3 seconds of momentary exposure for the least dyed part with that color and at no time was I holding the material static in the dye. You will get a darker line at the surface if you do that. I’m probably slowly lowering it three times for a minute each or so except for the sapphire blue. That one dyed fast and was probably half the time as the other colors.