hidepounder Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) What method do you use to apply the dye to your burnished edges? You have a perfect clean edge. Incredible work. Buttons.....sorry I missed your post. I use a Partner Pens. They are a piece of felt with a chiseled point pushed into a plastic tube. If those are not available to you I recommend getting a heavy piece of felt, fold it in half and staple or rivet a leather handle on it. Those work very well. I recently read where a maker took a piece of a kitchen sponge and folded a piece of it over and stuck it in a clothes pin to edge with. I'll bet that probably works pretty well also. You'll have Google Partner Pens....I can't find them at the moment. They used to be available through American Retail Supply. Hope this helps.... Bobby Edited January 14, 2010 by hidepounder
Members TroyWest Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 Bob, What I've done for years is cut a piece of felt. I get it from my brothers shop, probably 1/4" thick grey felt, cut a strip 3/4" or so wide about 12" long, fold in half and push it into a piece of pvc. Inside diameter of the pvc is 5/8", the length is about 5-6". Push the felt thru til it comes out the other end. Use a round knife to shape the felt into a sharp V. Makes a great dye applicator that costs nothing and lasts for years. '
Members CitizenKate Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 Now, that's pretty clever! Like a home-made felt-tipped pen. Kate
Members Rawhide Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Buttons.....sorry I missed your post. I use a Partner Pens. They are a piece of felt with a chiseled point pushed into a plastic tube. If those are not available to you I recommend getting a heavy piece of felt, fold it in half and staple or rivet a leather handle on it. Those work very well. I recently read where a maker took a piece of a kitchen sponge and folded a piece of it over and stuck it in a clothes pin to edge with. I'll bet that probably works pretty well also. You'll have Google Partner Pens....I can't find them at the moment. They used to be available through American Retail Supply. Hope this helps.... Bobby Hey Bobby, can you elaborate a little more on these pens? how do they work. do you have some pictures? Do you use the ink that seems to come with them, or do you use dye? Marlon Edited January 14, 2010 by Rawhide Marlon
hidepounder Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Posted January 14, 2010 Bob, What I've done for years is cut a piece of felt. I get it from my brothers shop, probably 1/4" thick grey felt, cut a strip 3/4" or so wide about 12" long, fold in half and push it into a piece of pvc. Inside diameter of the pvc is 5/8", the length is about 5-6". Push the felt thru til it comes out the other end. Use a round knife to shape the felt into a sharp V. Makes a great dye applicator that costs nothing and lasts for years. ' That's a terrific idea Troy! That essentially is what this Partner Pen is. I bought it from Ron (Ron's Tools) as part of an edge burnishing system that he was selling (which didn't work for me) and so I just started using the applicator for dying edges. Bruce or someone told me it was a Partner Pen and gave me a link which I saved, but when I tried it tonight it wouldn't work. Prior to that I used a piece of felt folded over and then riveted it to a leather handle (folded) and like you said it lasts for years. The ones I have I made while at Bill Porters back in the 70's, LOL. I also emptied a plastic edge dye bottle that had a flat round felt dauber on the end and filled it with cordovan dye and that works pretty well too, except in corners. Bobby
Members RWB Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) You can get basically the same type of applicator from Ohio Travel Bag. Their version is called Ready Flow Pens. There a two pens, a large and a small one, that sit in a little plastic container. The lid screws on and off and the pens go thru holes in the top. Fill the container with dye, the pens soak it up, and away you go. All they are, are basically what Troy West described. Plastic tubes with felt applicators on the end. They work great, but after hearing Troy's suggestion I doubt I'll be buying them any more. I might as well make my own. Ross Edited January 14, 2010 by RWB Ross Brunk www.nrcowboygear.com
Members Rawhide Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 Thanks Bobby and Ross,Troy, we'd love to see pictures of this device. You know how we like pictures. Marlon
Members RWB Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 Ready Flow Pens. Available thru Ohio Travel Bag. Ross Ross Brunk www.nrcowboygear.com
Members TroyWest Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 I"d be happy to post a picture but currently we have misplaced the charge cord to my digital camera. I will when I replace it. I actually used a ready flow pen for a few years but the tube was aluminum and corroded away. Thought I'd make my own out of pvc and it has worked great. Also took a small clear plastic jar? It had beef boullon in it. Small , about 3" across and 3" hi with a plastic screw on lid. I drilled a hole in the center of tha lid and used my jewelers saw to cut a small hole about 1" diameter so my dye pen can go right down in the hole. Cut 2 discs of felt, about 2" diameter to go in the bottom of the jar and added dye to just the top of the 2 felt pads. Makes a great dye container and applicator. I know a picture would be great. You'll just have to use your imagination for the moment.
Members TroyWest Posted January 14, 2010 Members Report Posted January 14, 2010 As soon as I posted I see that Ross put up his pics. The original Ready flow pens had a metal screw on lid and aluminum pens. His look like they may be plastic which should hold up better.
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