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Walnut dyed buckskin?

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Peatreg:
I'm looking for anyone that's dyed buckskin using walnut dye. Wondering how you would go about applying it if I don't want to soak the entire thing in the dye. If you have any pics showing how it turned out please share. My new shirt is done but I'm thinking of using walnut dye to darken around the chest, back, shoulders and down the sleeves but I don't want the whole thing done. Thanks.

mullet:
I dyed my brain tan pants a couple of months ago with walnut. I soaked them in a bucket, hung them out to dry and restretched them. No problem.I'll put some pictures up tomorrow. But I think I already posted them on here, I know they are on Facebook.

Spotted Dog:
 I have dyed a lot of skins in walnut dye. Never hot !!!!!   
If your wanting to dye just the upper , dip it slowly into the dye upside down.  Suspend it with some kind of
clamps. When you remove it lease it in same position. You may even want to run a stick through the sleeves.
Depending on how dark and uneven you want the color you might want to hand wring out some dye. It more than likely
will not be real even. Hanging it upside down the top side down edges will be darker as dye runs out. The reason for
the stick.

Dog

Peatreg:
What if I rubbed it in with with a cloth or a sponge? I'm not necessarily looking for really dark, just darken it some. I'll have to test on some scrap pieces

Pappy:
That might work but I have only done them like Eddie and spotted dog. :)
 Pappy

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