Matzhold Pipe Stain Colours?

[Frank]

I really like the colour contrasts of the stain(s) used on this Matzold pipe:
http://www.matzhold-peter.at/g1-big/bigg-d9.htm

Can anyone perhaps hazard a rough guess at what colour stain(s) were used, based on the available Fiebings Spirit-based dye colours from Tandy Leather?

Thanks,
Frank.

[magruder]

Peter is a very nice fellow.
If you send hom an Emal, he may very well tell you what he uses and how he does it.
Then report back to us please :thumb:
Regards,
Steve

[KurtHuhn]

To my eye, that's very close to a virgin finish. Some briars actually have that much contrast without stain. I've made a few from Spanish briar that surprised me like that. If your briar does not look like that, I would try using some Light Brown mixed with a touch of Mahogany (to get the ruddy cast) in one application allowing it to really soak in, then sand it off lightly to produce the contrast.

[MikeStanley]

My wife watches all those home improvement shows on HGTV and DIY network. She told me some guy says if you put your wood in the sun for a day or two before staining it that the grain will be more visible. I haven't tried it yet.
Comments?
Mike Stanley

[magruder]

Well, let's see, I'd need sun, a turn table and ...how long did you say?

it's a cool idea. I live by the ocean and drift wood turns almost silver.

I wonder if anyone has tried breaching briar ? Clorox seems like a bad idea, but I am still quite inrtigued.
Any comments from someone other than a wise ass like me?
Any chemistry studentsout there?
Best to all,
Steve

[RadDavis]

Hi Steve,

Kurt had a white churchwarden at the Columbus show.

I don't know if he"breached" it or not.

Rad

[magruder]

OK Rad,
By now everyone should know that I type faster than I think.
BTW- I type VERY slowly.
-S.

[KurtHuhn]

Kurt had a white churchwarden at the Columbus show.

I don't know if he"breached" it or not.

That actually made me chuckle out loud.

I'd like to say that the finish is a secret, but I told so many people in Columbus how I did it, that it can't possibly be. All I did was make a very thin stain from milk paint solids, and apply it over the period of an entire afternoon. I'll never be able to sell it for what I have in it, but I wanted it for the show, so there it is. In the future, I'll experiment with a different method of making the wood white - one that doesn't require 4+ hours of hands-on work for the finish alone.

BTW, that pipe is still up for grabs Neil.