How To Do This Dye Job?

[glockanator]

I don't have access to an airbrush is there another way to get this two tone effect?

[TomG]

Check this thread

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=52488&hl=

[glockanator]

Thanks

[chiefjason]

If I had to guess, I'd guess daubered on by hand or sponged. Too blotchy, in a good way, to be airbrush. I also bet the lightest part is leather that's just been waxed after the fact with no dye applied. It's a bit similar to what I do on a lot of my holsters. Trick is, to work lightest to darkest. Might take several dye passes to build up the darks. Or like I saw in the link above, varying the dilution of the dyes. I apply a neatsfoot and oil wax as my finish and it always darkens and evens things up nicely. My .02.

[Cyberthrasher]

Looks more like a thinned saddle tan in the center to me. Definitely not done with an airbrush though. You can see a few vertical streaks in the upper center. I'm guessing dauber or sponge, but a "cleaner" effect would be had by using a rag on a block to do the effect in the post listed above - that would avoid those streaks that take away from the overall effect.