From Feb. 3, 2002:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020203...cipes_dyes.htm
The current page is missing but got it on the waybackmachine archive. It says the same thing, that on failure, the armor is returned, while the other components are destroyed.
Also notable on that page, trivial is 150 for the dying process, which our wiki doesn't mention. And that trivial was added or at least noted on that 2002 page while the original page from early 2001 it was not noted. Of course likely it was 150 in 2001, but just later updated with later revealed trivial numbers. Edit: Oh "last updated 23 September 2001" so yeah was trivial <150 during 2001. Then it looks like it was lowered to trivial <=62 in late 2002 or early 2003