Folding Knife Pivot Lube

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Greetings, Can anyone advise me on the best lube for the pivot in a folding knife. This is a great knife EDI Genesis with Ti liners. Plain oil,silicone, synthetic oil, I just don't know. Thanks and Merry Christmas
 
Opinions vary greatly. I prefer Tuf-Glide because it goes on wet and then dries which means its a dry lube and protectant that doesn't collect lint like grease and oils will.

STR
 
Some folks use dry lube so as not to attract lint.

I don't use any lube on my pivot pins. Never found any need for it.
 
My personal favorite is "Triflon". Use it on guns all the time, excellent for knives also. Most good hardwares should have it.
 
You'll find as many answers to this question as you will find posts on it!

I just ordered some of Chris Reeves fluorinated grease. I figure if it's good enough for Chris, it's good enough for me. :D
 
I'm with STR. Prefer Tuf-Glide to Militec because it dries up drier. Militec seems to leave a little greasy residue. Because of this residue, Militec seems to work better but will attract crud.
 
Want to try some freebies to lube your folding knives? Militec-1 and CorrosionX will send you small samples if you ask them politely. Both are spelled exactly like I wrote them, and can be easily found with Google. CorrosionX has several packagings, all the same product, but labeled slightly differently to sell it to different markets. For example, ReelX is for fishing reels, but it's just good old CorrosionX. I like both CorrosionX and Militec-1. Militec-1 comes as a liquid and as a grease. Try some of each. Tell the folks you want to try their products on your knives, guns, fishing tackle, etc.
 
I like Nano-Lube ATM--it has little 'ball-bearings' of true nano-sized diamonds in a carrier of high quality oil--either synthetic or natural is available.
It works better than Militec-1 or teflon CLP on my knives.
Greg
 
Ive used the sentry solutions tuff glide and the white-lightning before, no real complaints on either one, but also, im not sure either was altogether necessary on most folders. the white lightning was some wax-based lubricant, initially for bike chains, if i remember correctly.
I dont think ive ever had issues with a quality folder needing pivot lube, but i have had multitools that needed lube, especially after a lot of use (and likely rust/dirt build up) on the models that dont have the individual tools separated by washers and such...

speaking of the EDI genesis, how do you like it? if its what im thinking of, i had one back in the mid-late nineties, and it looked pretty decent, good materials, nice design, etc, but i had the lock fail a couple times. returned it to the company, no problems, recieved another one, but the lock failed on that one too, so i ended up pretty much abandoning the knife.
 
On the rare occasions when I put any lubricant on a knife, it's almost always mineral oil. It's cheap and easy to find, plus it's odorless and tasteless and save to ingest, so I don't have to worry about it if I use the knife to prepare or eat food.
 
i cant find tuffglide. so i used mobil agriculture oil. like 4stroke oil. worked a treat
 
Greg said:
I like Nano-Lube ATM--it has little 'ball-bearings' of true nano-sized diamonds in a carrier of high quality oil--either synthetic or natural is available.
It works better than Militec-1 or teflon CLP on my knives.
Greg
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I agree with Greg. Works great and the needle oiler makes it easy to apply just one drop.
 
Tuf-Glide Liguid and Tuf-Cloth is available at the New Graham Pharmacy in Bluefield, Va. or use their website. Happy New Year!
 
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