Ballistol is now my fav knife lube for my folders

[jjg6319]

It smells like a wet dog....

 

[Blues]

It smells like a wet dog....

Kind of like exhuming a long dead thread.

 

[REK Knives]

Ballistol is OK... Nothing special.

Any modern lubricant designed to keep machinery operational when running at 1200-6800rpms and at several hundred degrees, will work fine on your knives (and guns). The rest is just overkill and marketing.

Anyone really thinks that 5-20 weight motor oil that is used in an automobile isn't enough to keep a pivoting device from working? There may be a case for CLP type products, which removes accumulated carbons, but lubes are just lubes.

Exactly what I use. Not good corrosion protection but some synthetic 20w motor oil for pivots is pretty amazing. And it's good for a high temp range.