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Cool pic jacktrades! I love yellow delrin, it's just so classic :thumbup:

Two huge favorites... my chestnut Peanut and #33 in Gabon Ebony
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It's not so shiny now banging against a Vic Huntsman and some change. Working on the Patina though.
 
It's been my chestnut brown CV peanut and a Vic Tourist for quite awhile now. I feel unstoppable with a peanut in my pocket!
 
Those are some weird but wonderful photos, jacktrades. :thumbup::thumbup:

- GT
 
Thank you. Here are two more shots, before i took the peanut out to carry it today. The yellow one is still on the road somewhere, and i can't be without my peanut.


 
It's a highly arguable thing, this one with the mineral oil soak. I hear it does wonders in old knives, may darken bone, or make the bone look better for a short while.
My soak only took a few hours, i did it, well..just because, and to have the oil get in the spring area, or any other hard to clean places in the handle, and maybe darken the bone a bit more, maybe protect it a little, make it shiny, because it's been a few years since i have that little knife.
If it works or not, can't be sure, but it's mineral oil, and being carbon steel it can't really hurt.
The "mineral soak" is discussed in quite a few threads around this place, just have a look if you want.
 
jacktrades_nbk said:
It's a highly arguable thing, this one with the mineral oil soak. I hear it does wonders in old knives, may darken bone, or make the bone look better for a short while.
My soak only took a few hours, i did it, well..just because, and to have the oil get in the spring area, or any other hard to clean places in the handle, and maybe darken the bone a bit more, maybe protect it a little, make it shiny, because it's been a few years since i have that little knife.
If it works or not, can't be sure, but it's mineral oil, and being carbon steel it can't really hurt.
The "mineral soak" is discussed in quite a few threads around this place, just have a look if you want.
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Interesting idea. Have never done it myself. Any concern about the bone softening from being overly saturated? Otherwise I can't see a down-side to it, as you say it will get into all those hard to reach areas, especially the springs.
 
I don't think a few hours in that oil will soften the bone, maybe if left there from a few days to weeks, if even that. Maybe the bone dries a bit in time, and the oil helps in that regard, i don't know for sure. And those backsprings should benefit from a little oil too.
But, i found that some wd40 spray will do wonders in cleaning and getting in those hard to get places, but will take some some color out if the bone is dyed, that is only if left to soak for hours..
Just sprayed and cleaned it should be fine in my experience, and takes out in seconds that black residue which forms in time around the pivot area.
Mineral oil is more inert i think, and sounds more traditional. I see it as a way to "replenish" the knife, maintaining it, not for cleaning it.
I like to think i maintain my knives, so using mineral oil from time to time, even if just rubbing some on the bone, or soak it for a few hours every few years gives me something to fiddle with in that aspect.
Of course, i could be wrong, so it may or may not have an actual effect on the knife.
So far, the peanut is in one piece, but so is my other one, rarely carried, and never treated with anything.
 
Can't go wrong with a yella nut Jacktrades.
Glennh a nice pair for sure.
This one is with me every day.
 
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