How many of you practice good knife "hygiene"

How often do you clean your edc blade?

  • More than once a day regardless of use

  • At least once a day regardless of use

  • Only after it gets obviously dirty

  • Only after I have noticed it's been dirty for a while

  • It's gotta be a filthy mess before I even consider it

  • I think wiping it down with oil once in a while is good enough

  • Can't remember last time I did

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🤣 It's only necessary if you live in something like a cave or dungeon used to age cheese, otherwise regular knife /gun oil is definitely preferable
 
jbmonkey said:
it was mentioned by elementalbreakdown that he believed a handful of us use it on our knives.....so I've been continuing the joke......
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Ah, gotcha.

Nah, don’t use that shit. Mineral oil for food safe, oil of your choice if it doesn’t cut food. Mineral oil’s super cheap. Pivot oil might as well be snake oil😜but we all have our favorites.
 
jbmonkey said:
nope. I don't even oil pivots unless the knife gets wet or really needs it.

then I use whatever I got...bertolli or Pompeii......
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jbmonkey said:
do ya age whine in the cheese cave too?
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I try to but it keeps getting moldy(I was referring to the whine, not the terlet) course it might be because my supplier is always sending those sour grapes
 
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My answer is not among the selections. "Whenever I feel it needs it". Which is sometimes right after a cut, and sometimes not for weeks until right before a food cut.

Also, mineral oil does all my knife oil jobs.
 
jux t said:
Good trick for that is Tilex Mold and Mildew
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Of course I bleached, changed the wax ring, and last time the plumber was over for stuff I can't do with soldering asked wtf the deal is and the answer was that it's not active mold but due to it being a basement toilet right next to the garage, in about a week the actual oil/dust from garage and single week of mildew creates permanent discoloration immediately that no amount of bleach or chemical will fix.

It's unsightly but not dirty. Believe me, I wouldn't be OK with it if it was actually unsanitary. I suppose I could paint it with the same Kilz white paint I use to prevent mold and Mildew, but tbh as long as it's sanitary, don't care.
 
Railsplitter said:
Generally speaking, the things I cut with my pocketknives are dry items. As a result, it really doesn’t get dirty enough for a good cleaning very often. Just a quick dry-wipe of the blade is all that I usually need to do.

Packing tape goo is a whole different story. I clean that stuff off as soon as humanly possible with an alcohol based adhesive remover called Goof Off.
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Get some frog lube that stuff takes it right off and oils your blade at the same time.
 
Frog lube is ok, the fact it's literally almost 100% coconut oil has been brought up here a few times but I think that a lot of the lubes are vegetable oils with scent and nothing else that adds to their usefulness or effectiveness.
Mineral oil is just as good.
I personally don't care what oil I use on knives because for the tiny amount needed, the needle point container you put it in is probably a hundred times more important than the oil itself.

For guns on the other hand, G96 and nothing else ever.
But only because the smell reminds me of deer camp as a kid : )
 
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Absolutely awesome for the daily strop, agreed. This thread definitely helped me understand why I keep my knife really clean, been paying extra close attention last few days for number of things that a "dirty" knife would mess up, but I can get away with using a relatively clean knife.
The horticulture and mushroom stuff especially.

Also when I steal people's kidneys, I feel a little better knowing when they wake up in the hotel ice bath, there's less chance of infection.

But seriously, appreciate the responses.
 
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