Baby Oil?

[Celtic Archer]

I'm trying to get ready for a hunting trip over next week and went to touch up the edge on my knives and found out all of my oil had leaked out. In a pinch I tried some baby oil.

It appears to work really really well. I can see a lot more metal powder floating up than the purpose made oil, it also feels like I'm getting a better bite on the blade.

I'm using arkansas hard and surgical stones.

Anyone use baby oil before? Any tips, suggestions, warnings?

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Isn't baby oil mineral oil? I think the difference is in the viscosity.

 

[Allan Molstad]

Do you think the other guys will notice your knife smells like a baby?

 

[fitzo]

Yes, Chuck, it's mineral oil. As such it's fine for stone-oil. Not as thick as something like Gerber oil, but all it needs do is float the debris, Archer.

From the hunting standpoint, I'd want to make sure I didn't get the scent on handle or sheath.

 

[bradley hooper]

I use baby oil for almost all of my stone sharpening and blade finishing. It even works fairly descent on wood. But as a cheaper alternative, I have no complaints.

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Do you think the other guys will notice your knife smells like a baby?

That's excellent!

"My knife edge is as smooth as a baby's ass! See? It even smells like a baby's ass!"

 

[Guy Thomas]

I think I'd just use food grade mineral oil before baby oil! (never liked the smell personally) I have good luck with plain water on Arkansas stones as well.

 

[Celtic Archer]

From the hunting standpoint, I'd want to make sure I didn't get the scent on handle or sheath.

It's for the kniffe in my kill kit. It's kept in a pack that only get's broken out after the shot during tracking.

 

[fitzo]

It's for the kniffe in my kill kit. It's kept in a pack that only get's broken out after the shot during tracking.

That eliminates that concern!

Hope you have a good hunt!:thumbup:

 

[John Frankl]

It is just scented mineral oil. Fine for sharpening, though I would cut it by about 2/3 with smokeless lamp oil (highly refined kerosene). It will cut much quicker while still keeping your stones from loading.

John