Knife lubes/oils???

[Jcob.T]

Hello everyone, I've never been real fond of knife oils, and I've always been scared to use oil on my knives because some oils say they will deteriorate certain metals or plastics... so I want to know what are you guys' favorite oils/lubes and which ones work best on knives. Thanks.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

There are dozens and you will get a lot of replies here. For anything that will be in contact with food, go with mineral oil. For non food knives, take your pick and see what you think. Some like dry lubes, some wet...some like certain brands, others like others. I usually use 3 in 1...but that is because that is what the store had when I went. Tuf-Glide is another popular one. But there are at least a dozen to choose from...

[1623]

I picked up a Tuf Cloth and a bottle of Tuf Glide when I purchased my Sage 1.

Very nice products and Sentry is located in my home state, so I'm happy to support.

http://www.sentrysolutions.com/

[Owl45]

Been using Break Free CLP for years on guns and knives with no problems.

[Jcob.T]

Thanks, Tuf glide sounds good i just dont want an oil to damage my knives...

[Jcob.T]

If i did use my knife for food would vegetable oil or olive oil work?

[rycen]

Use mineral oil as it won't go bad and it is food safe.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

If i did use my knife for food would vegetable oil or olive oil work?

Those oils can go rancid. They may not, but probably better not to risk it. You can pick up a life time supply of mineral oil for a couple bucks at most drug stores. Remember that you only need a drop or two for lubing the pivot and even less to coat the blade for corrosion prevention.

[Lord vader]

I use graphite.It doesn`t gum things up and does not trap dirt.

[Creepo]

First I used BM BlueLube since that was the only knife oil I had access to at the time, worked well. A while ago I got some Quick Release (http://quickreleaseoil.com/) and i can honestly say there is a difference. It doesn't leave a dull looking coat on my blades (like the BlueLube did) it makes my folders a bit smoother but when I really noticed the difference was my balisongs, I can tighten the pivots a bit tighter now and still have fluid action lessening wobble. :cool:
Very highly recommended.
Haven't tried others so far, and honestly I'm not too worried about the food safe issue, I always rinse my blade before I touch food with it anyway so the amount of transfer would be pretty minimal. :)

[wec12]

Give Parktool Polylube 1000 a try :) . Cheap and effective!!

[JD Spydo]

I picked up a Tuf Cloth and a bottle of Tuf Glide when I purchased my Sage 1.

Very nice products and Sentry is located in my home state, so I'm happy to support.

http://www.sentrysolutions.com/

It's hard to go wrong with any of Sentry Solution's products. They have a dry lube I also particularly like called "BP 2000".

I also like the Militec products well too. The Militec synthetic oil and their synthetic grease both are superb products and are hailed throughout the firearms industries as well as for knives and other outdoor products.

There is also a product I swear by for lubrication and cleaning as well called Ballistol. I use Ballistol for many different applications. It's really superb for the cleaning and preserving/treating of G-10 and other handle materials.

[JD Spydo]

I use graphite.It doesn`t gum things up and does not trap dirt.

Hey Lord Vader I love graphite and other dry lubes just as you do. I"m starting to use more dry lube products than I used to.

But don't stop at graphite because there are some great teflon/PTFE dry lubes out there that are superb.

With the newer nanotech line of products hitting the market it's going to be very interesting what new dry lubes come out in the next 2 years or so.

As I also said in an earlier post Sentry Solutions has a great dry lube called "BP 2000".