Dissasembling vs not dissasembling knives when cleaning

So can mineral oil be used in the pivot of folding knives, or is 3 in 1 oil ok? I don't use my knives for food alot.
 
bgentry said:
Most vegetable oils turn rancid after some period of time of being exposed to air. So they aren't a good lubricant or protectant for knives. Mineral oil is food safe and is not from animals or vegetables and won't turn rancid.

Brian.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that. I have some mineral oil but I don't remember if it is food grade. I'll put some on my list if I start sharpening kitchen knives.
 
000Robert said:
WD40 is the stickiest crap I've ever seen besides adhesive. Did you never try it on your bicycle chain when you were a kid? I did once, and I have never used WD40 for anything else my entire life except to unstick rusted nuts and bolts. Period.
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I haven't used CLP for anything since I left the military. No use for the stuff. WD40 isn't even considered a good lubricant for most applications. WD40 works great for what was stated. Period.

000Robert said:
I'll consider that a joke. I don't even use WD40 so I am surely not going to eat it...
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It's not a joke.
 
WD 40 is not sticky, it does not attract dust, and when the carrier evaporates what is left is just mineral oil.
Now, 000Robert might be an expert on WD 40- but I have been using it for 50 years. I use it in my cutlery shop, on guns, used it as a steam and refrigeration engineer, and I even use it on my guitar strings. You would think I would have seen some of that stickiness or gummyness. I have a 9 year old squirt bottle of WD 40 that the carrier long ago evaporated out of. There is just mineral oil left.
What I have seen, is people using it improperly-diluting grease or mixing it with old oil and dirt.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
WD 40 is not sticky, it does not attract dust, and when the carrier evaporates what is left is just mineral oil.
Now, 000Robert might be an expert on WD 40- but I have been using it for 50 years. I use it in my cutlery shop, on guns, used it as a steam and refrigeration engineer, and I even use it on my guitar strings. You would think I would have seen some of that stickiness or gummyness. I have a 9 year old squirt bottle of WD 40 that the carrier long ago evaporated out of. There is just mineral oil left.
What I have seen, is people using it improperly-diluting grease or mixing it with old oil and dirt.
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It must be a different kind of WD40 than is in the regular WD40 spray cans.
 
000Robert said:
It must be a different kind of WD40 than is in the regular WD40 spray cans.
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I think what bill said is true. It will go sticky and yuck if the surface you have put it on has old grease or oil. If the surface is clean it will be fine. I'm taking his word for it as he's been using it for a long time.
 
Conrad smith said:
I think what bill said is true. It will go sticky and yuck if the surface you have put it on has old grease or oil. If the surface is clean it will be fine. I'm taking his word for it as he's been using it for a long time.
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I have seen that there are different kinds of WD40. Since the regular kind let me down when I was a kid, I just never used it except for rusted up nuts and bolts. Used motor oil worked great for my bicycle chain. I have many different kinds of oil. If Break Free proves to be not well suited for knives, then I will use Rem oil or try some of my watch oils.
Watch oil might work well since it is designed to last a long time and not be too runny. Using Zippo lighter fluid for OTF's sounds good also.
 
000Robert said:
WD40 is the stickiest crap I've ever seen besides adhesive. Did you never try it on your bicycle chain when you were a kid? I did once, and I have never used WD40 for anything else my entire life except to unstick rusted nuts and bolts. Period.
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Did you shake the can first? Gotta follow the instructions...
 
unwisefool said:
Did you shake the can first? Gotta follow the instructions...
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I'm sure that I did. I have always been one of the few that actually reads instructions and stuff. I will never use WD40 as a lubricant even if society collapses. We can agree to disagree.
 
No one said to use it as a lubricant. We said it was a water displacing agent. It also leaves rust protection in areas that are otherwise inaccessible.
WD 40 is a lubricant, but it's just light mineral oil.
 
By the way, you can find mineral oil at your local pharmacy under laxative, and also in the baby isle as baby oil (same thing but scented). Many of us use that on the knife instead of WD40.

n2s
 
Blues said:
I read this too quickly and thought you'd come up with a new use for ale.

"See honey, it's not just for drinking..."
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I really should've noticed that, but it didn't cross my mind for some reason...

I like to have a beer in the afternoon and a good IPA is one of my favorites. That said, I still couldn't bear to use it for other than the one intended purpose. I get upset even when it fizzes over a little bit and wastes a few drops, when opening one up. :D
 
I had one of the worst IPAs I've ever had yesterday evening with dinner...
 
I've no need to disassemble my fixed blades to clean them.
All my folding knives have pinned construction.
I've never had cause to disassemble one for cleaning, not even a Old Timer 7OT or Buck 110 after skinning and butchering a critter.

I just rinse them out good under hot running water, spray down with WD-40 at the joints, then dry and oil the joints with mineral oil or 3 in 1 oil, whichever I happen to have. (though in the past I have used clean and/or dirty/used motor oil, transmission fluid, 2 stroke oil ... )
Carbon steel blades get a light coat of whatever oil I'm using as well, to prevent rust.
 
I usually don't take apart my knives for cleaning. Water, soap and air drying is fine like others have stated. I try to carry a few alchohol wipes in my wallet so I can give the blade a quick wipe down if I'm about to food prep which I use my knives for alot. I'm also a cheap ass and don't buy into all the fad knife lubes that are so popular right now. Bought a jug of mineral oil at target for a few bucks. Drop on the pivot and a drop of oil on my finger that I smear along the blade every now and then is all they seem to need.
 
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