Do you oil your knives?

[snake.plissken]

I've discovered that White Lightning works well, remains very dry, and bonds well. I especially like it on axis locks.

 

[yoda4561]

But my question is wether using oil is truly necessary? Will my carbon/stainless knives ever rust if they are kept un-oiled but dry? Thanks for the oil answer also.

With carbon steel kitchen knives used every day and wiped dry the acids from the food and light buffing from a paper towel or cloth is enough to prevent rust. If you live in a very dry and temperature stable area (or have central AC in good working order) and are very careful not to handle the bare steel parts, oil isn't needed, in the real world though that's tricky to do on a consistent basis so a very thin wipe of oil or other protectant is cheap insurance.