Is There A Special Oil Required For Knives?

For long term storage you may want to consider Renaisance Wax. It's a micro crystalline wax. The wax seals the knife from the environment thus preventing oxidation.
 
For storage I can't comment as I use my knives and just oil them when I tear them apart to clean them up of all the gunk and things it collect after awhile. I typically use 100% silicone oil, it's what I use for my airsoft guns so it's what I have on hand. Beyond that I've been known to use alcohol swabs to clean the blade and other parts of the knife, as well as other things as I find it just gets dirt and grim very easily something which I also do on certain parts of my airsoft guns as I use and abuse them so when I do a tear down of it I clean it thoroughly before relubing.
 
Any, and all oil is fine.
I have used everything from 3 in one, Olive Oil, Motor Car Oil, and others.
I have now pretty much standardized on Balistol, which has the additional quality of being edible.
My 02cents worth.
 
For long term storage you should use something like Renaissance wax. For daily carry mineral oil is a good choice.
 
Quick Release oil is excellent for slipjoints.
 
I use Blue Lube. It's odorless, not sure if it's food-sade though.
Doesn't matter to me, since I never use my pocket knives for food prep. Isn't that what kitchen knives are for? :confused:
 
CJZ said:
I use Blue Lube. It's odorless, not sure if it's food-sade though.
Doesn't matter to me, since I never use my pocket knives for food prep. Isn't that what kitchen knives are for? :confused:
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I don't use mine for food prep per say but I do like to cut up an apple at work with my knives.
 
CJZ said:
I use Blue Lube. It's odorless, not sure if it's food-sade though.
Doesn't matter to me, since I never use my pocket knives for food prep. Isn't that what kitchen knives are for? :confused:
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Oddly enough, despite being an avid knife fan my kitchen knives are not up to much. Too tight to drop cash on them...:D .so yes I do use pocket&fixed knives in the kitchen a lot, oranges get cut every morning for breakast (forces an earned patina in no time :thumbup: )

Mineral oil seems unobtainable in my part of Europe, I've heard that Baby oil/massage oil is basically the same only costs more due to scenting. Seems to work OK, would not handle soak knives as I've had some varied results there Lemon oil works very satisfyingly on Stag, Wood, Horn and Bone. Ren wax is something I'm going to check out, sounds THE gear.

Regards, Will
 
I've used all sorts of different oils but usually it is whatever is easiest and closest on hand, more often than not that is olive oil or mineral oil.
 
I use (usually) mineral oil - on steel liner knives I use Ballistol. No Ballistol for me on brass or something like this. It´s a weapon oil which should remove brass out of the barrel so it could "attack" the brass on the liners.

I use mineral oil on most of my knives, as they have brass liners or NS bolsters. When I plan to use a knife not in near future I use a lot of mineral oil.
 
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