Good deal, the water based dyes do the same thing but color the wood real well and a quick rub with 400 cuts the grain back and once cut wont raise again and they don't lift with oil, alcohol or wax finishes that's why so many pro woodworkers use them, I'm talking dye not stain though. I haven't used leather dyes on wood but the ones I use regularly are more costly than the w/a soluble dyes so I reserve them for leather and bone. But what you did looks good and since you now have it you may as well use it.