food grade honing oil

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Who makes a good food grade honing oil? Is there such a thing?

also what type of stone creates the best edge for cutting up meat and doing everday work. The stones that I am considering are the following...

Diamond
Arkansas
Japanese waterstone

thanks Robert
 
You can use the diamond and arkansas completely dry without any problem and actually a hone is a piece of leather with very fine paste for polishing the blade and what you are referring to are whetstones.

I think the waterstone just uses water.

Bottom line is that none of the three use any oil that would be hazardous to food preparation.

http://www.drsharpening.com/leatherhone.html

http://www.dmtsharp.com/general/basicsharp.htm

The Spyderco Sharpmaker knife sharpener is probably one of the easiest to use and store, economical to purchase, and most versatile. It comes with some good instructions.

http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=77

Hope this helps.
 
You can use any vegatable oil to hone with, just make sure you use one with no salt!

Any of the stones you listed would work just fine.
 
I wouldn't use veggie oil on a stone as it could soak into the stone and turn rancid. Plain mineral oil from the drug store will probably work just fine, is nontoxic and will not go rancid.
 
You can use "food grade" mineral oil. If your drugstore doesn't have it, try a woodturning site. It's a great finish for turned bowls.

Rich
 
I tend to use ammonia window cleaner on diamond plates... it comes in a spray bottle and is alkaline so won't promote rust, and has just enough soap to lube things up nicely
 
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