Hermès double tassel key ring — turquoise tassel re-dyed black

A Hermès key ring with two leather tassels, one mint and one turquoise. The request was to take only the turquoise tassel to black.

Turquoise to black — a change to a darker colour. The mint tassel stays its original colour.

The mint tassel was not part of the job and keeps its original colour.After · photo 4

1. Cleaning
2. Colour matching
3. Dyeing black, spreading the strands apart
4. Finishing

Dozens of fine leather strands overlap, so they were spread apart and dyed section by section, inner faces and cut ends included.

No colour was allowed to bleed onto the mint tassel beside it.

The turquoise tassel is black right into the opened strands, and the mint tassel is still mint.After · photo 1

In the intake photos there are yellowish marks at the tips of the mint strands. The mint tassel was not worked on, and the record does not say whether the marks remain.Before · photo 1

The two photos differ in angle, background or light, so they are shown side by side rather than overlaid.