folder knife grease

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greendude

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so, what do you use to grease the hinge on your folders?

I'm talking day to day and after you took it apart for a good cleaning...

I use dw40 day to day if the knife starts to screech, and white grease (the one they make for fishing reels) after I'm done cleaning...
 
greendude said:
so, what do you use to grease the hinge on your folders?

I'm talking day to day and after you took it apart for a good cleaning...

I use dw40 day to day if the knife starts to screech, and white grease (the one they make for fishing reels) after I'm done cleaning...
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WD40 is too thin for that. You should use something thicker, maybe 3 in 1.
 
I would avoid the use of WD-40, its not a gease but a water displacer (WD stands for water displacer). It actually degreases (just read thier label).

What I use now is rem oil. Love the stuff and works well.
 
I have used nathans and rem oil. I just got some dupont teflon multi-use lube to try.
 
Only stuff on mine is what little is left of the CLP or WD40 used to scrub it once in a great while.

Grease or or lubricant isn't really necessary unless you are trying to extend the life of a higher end knife or love to flick all day, every day.
 
My first thought when I saw this title was, "Why is he asking me about a folder knife?" :p

Corrosion inhibiting gun oil is always great in anything that won't touch food. Even in stainless steel, moisture can linger in there and cause a bit of rust.
 
i use konola does not attract any gunk or i use wd40 when i have some gun oil but i usally use it all on my guns i really just need to buy 2 things when i get it but if you dont want to go out and get grease just use konola or wd40 if you have some
 
Benchmade's Blue Lube, or I just picked up a bottle of Reel butter (used for fishing reels), which works well.

Any good oil will do. Grease or really thick oil will slow-down the pivot action, though.
 
Try some 10 weight Nano-Oil.
On lubricating properties it beats anything i've tried so far, from WD40, Ballistol, any generic Teflon based oil, Tri-Flow, to BlueLube.
It also keeps on working long after other oils need a second or a third application.
 
I have been using 3-1 oil in my sebenza recently, works a treat, use what ya got.
 
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