HELP! Knife Cleaning.

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Brian12856

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Greetings,

First time poster, long time lurker. I need info on knife cleaning. I own a Spyderco Lum Chinese Folder (non custom) and a Miltary. Treat me like a moron. How do you clean? What to use? How long does it take? Any skills required? or if this has been a topic before: point me to it. Any good links? Books? Word of mouth? Any HELP is much Thanked.



Brian
 
For normal dirt & grit cleaning? Soap & water. use a cup of soapy water and shake the knife around in it to get it lathered up, then rinse under running water. Repeat, if needed. Am old toothbrush might come in handy too. Make sure that you work the action while soaping & rinsing to flush out all the grit from all the nooks. When done, close it and wrap in a towel to shake out the excess moisture into the towel. then leave it open to air dry, or even better - blow dry on low heat. When completely dry, lube with your favoorite (NOT WD40!), and you're set.
 
If you do a search on "cleaning" you should find tons of stuff. Here's what I do for my own knives: soak the knife for a few minutes in hot soapy water (I use dish soap), rinse thoroughly with hot water, shake off any excess water. I then spray the knife with WD-40 to remove any remaining water. After it sits for a bit, I wipe off any excess WD-40 and lube the pivot with Tri-flow. Seems to work pretty well.
--Josh
 
I use baking soda, mixed with vinegar. I use a soft bristle tooth brush and then rinse thoroughly. I gently blow dry the excess and then re-lube with my combo of rem-oil and miltec.....wolf
 
The first "knife" that I ever had was a leatherman Wave (which I still use almost daily) that is a real tricky piece to clean and lubricate. Now that I've moved on to better cutting devices I have found a very simple way to keep them clean easily. I only buy knives that I can take apart without any special tools. Then you just crack it open, wipe everything down with a WD40 soaked rag, and hit the pivots with machine oil. The only exception to this is a Spydercard, which was cool enough to merit a buy. I know that this may not work well for everybody, especially Spydie fans or anyone concerned with some sort of "warranty", but I feel that the ease of maintenance afforded by this feature merits a little more searching before making a purchace. Or maybe I'm just nuts.
 
I took advice from a suspect (i think hollister) Every time I get a new emerson knife. (five minutes ago in my case) I take it apart, wipe off the factory grease. Wipe everything down with tough cloth, put it back together. lube it wil tough glide, shake the excess off and rub the knife over with the tough cloth to get the excess lube. Then I blue loc tite the pivot to the tension i like, and let it dry. presto!
 
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