Leather dye works well.

"Smaug Ichorfang" wrote in message
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I have several species of hard, close-grained wood I would like to try to
ebonize. How is this done? Is it simply a dye, or are there other
processes/methods? Does it depend upon the species of wood? (the two I'm
looking at right now are some pieces of particularly hard and tight
grained
walnut, and some African pear).