First and second blue coats applied. Neither photo is very colour correct, as my little Canon Ixus seems be struggle under less than perfect light not to get the colour correction slightly off. The bottom shot is slightly tweaked to be closer to the real thing (again lots of blue light, this time from the left).
The result is OK, but not perfect. I need to remember this is my first attempt at dyeing wood and it wasn’t going to be amazing on the first go. Some swirl marks on the back and the top left horn is lighter than the rest of the top. I’m considering a third blue coat before moving onto the sealer/filler.