Knife Care Questions

[razorhunter]

I am in need of advice of what lubrication to use for my tactical folders. I once read that Remington Dri Lube is great, due to the fact that it does not attract much dust. I also read that it can leave unwanted streaks on black finished blades. Can anyone chime in and help here? Suggestions?
Also, could you guys tell me what you think about the A.G. Russel knife sharpening sets. They are similar to the Spyderco 204 Sharpmaker. I just ordered the diamond rod kit, and the ceramic kit, both from A.G. Russel. The customer service rep said that the ceramic was good for maintaining edges, and the diamond set was good for knives that really needed sharpening. Did I make a good purchase? If not, please give suggestions. Thanks a lot guys. I know a good bit about knives, but I don't have all the maintanence knowledge in the world!

 

[Jameson]

For not attracting dust, I use Tuf-glide on almost all of my folders. I disassemble and apply it, let it dry then assemble however. Then I add a drop every week, that is probably overkill. I do this because like militec and other oils the stuff "runs" into scales and basically everywhere as it is very thin and viscous, but it totally dries unlike other stuff. Does it lubricate as well as militec... probably not, but you could oil on top of it as well. I like it becuase it doesn not attract dust mostly, I hate when the knives get baclk and gunky.

You should do a search on this engine. There are lots of good arguments for specific lubricants here. My one piece of advice would be to stay away from wd-40 on your knives, nuff said. You will also find that certain lubricants work better with certain mechanisms and washer set-ups.
Mot prefer a light grease on their benzas, and militec on their benchmades, different arguments for each of those. Breakfree, rem-oil, militec, corrosion x?, e.t.c are all proven to work well. But I bet everyone here has a bottle of tuf-glide, and a few tuf-cloths laying around, and they both get used.

The biggest advantage to this stuff is that it completely dries. That outweighs the facts that it may wear off faster than other things, but though it does wear it is EASILY replaceable. Even when it runs it dries up and doesent keep appearing from weird spots on the scale edge like militec, you guys know exactly what I am talking about. And it stays where it is put, clearly visible until its surface "cloud" is wiped away you know what is covered and not.

My biggest question about the tuf-glide products, and one I have seen raised on the forums and never really answered is about this "cloudy" surface. Hopefully Sentry Solutions will chime in here.

When this surface "cloudiness" is wiped away just how much does this affect tuf-cloths effectiveness? If I were to leave the VERY CLOUDY residue that the Marine tuf-cloth variety deposits, this would seem to aid in protection quite a bit, at least until it too is wiped away, am I correct? Seems to me the regular tuf-cloth leaves a fairly cloudy film, while the marine leaves a much cloudier one, the tuf-glide depends on how thich it is put on. Why? Why does the tuf-glide and the tuf-cloth leave a decent film, but the marie tuf-cloth leaves a film which is somewhat stickier to the touch than the other varieties?

Oh by the way, welcome to the forums bro. Lots of good info here use the search engine it works well. Good luck.

JC

 

[razorhunter]

Thanks a lot man. Where can I get the Tuf Glide? Can it be used on black finished blades AND most other types of blades? Does the cloth come with it?

 

[DBH]

Razor hunter, several websites that carry tuff-glide and the tuff-cloth. Knifeart and Triple Aught Design come to mind. Check them out.