Amazing discovery from ishi stick (picture added)

[iowabow]

Look at what I learned from my ishi stick. Antler left in osage ishi stick turns bright lemon yellow. This gives me all kinds of ideas....is this cool or what?

[Chippintuff]

That gives me the idea that saw dust ur shavings of that wood could be used to make a dye.

WA

[JW_Halverson]

That gives me the idea that saw dust ur shavings of that wood could be used to make a dye.

WA

It makes a bright yellow dye.  Be sure to add a cup of vinegar for every two gallons of water when you are boiling out the sawdust/shavings.  It will work as a mordant, or dye fixative.  However, do not expect the dye to be colorfast in the long run.  It fades in the sun, but modern detergent is even worse on it.