Oil for my beckers

[Caruso941]

I recently found a very small container of remoil in my house, and im wondering if thats a good oil to typically use on knives, it fits in the pouch i have on my bk2 sheath it dosent weigh much, havent seen anything on here about remoil so i just want to be sure. its a convienient package. (im reasonably new to quality knives so bear with me!)

 

[LECTER]

If you're planning on using your knife for any food prep, stick to a food grade mineral based oil.

I use olive oil personally.

 

[tradewater]

What Lecter said. Moose turned me on to Balistol. Not easy to find, but a great product. Food safe too. I picked some up at the BHK booth at a knife show.

 

[DerekH]

Honestly, I have found the blood of your vanquished enemies (accompanied by seeing them driven before you and the lamentations of their women) is more than sufficient to keep most knives in good working order.

 

[Caruso941]

Honestly, I have found the blood of your vanquished enemies (accompanied by seeing them driven before you and the lamentations of their women) is more than sufficient to keep most knives in good working order.

thats awesome, you got me in trouble in class cause i laughed loud enough my professor heard me.

 

[tradewater]

Honestly, I have found the blood of your vanquished enemies (accompanied by seeing them driven before you and the lamentations of their women) is more than sufficient to keep most knives in good working order.

I'm thinking a Durian patina would be bomb proof.

 

[clich]

Any oil is fine. And a drop of rem oil isn't gonna kill ya either. I use turbine oil and wipe it. And I ain't dead yet.

 

[Bladite]

oh no, the cult of Ballistol

somewhere there's a recipe for that floating around. i understand it's mostly mineral oil. plus some cloves you can also buy it in the gallon jug

if you don't take the paint off, you can almost store your beckers in salt water

old timey: pour some wax into the bolt holes. cool, squish in there good. let it set. bolts are now mostly safe.

swipe the edge along a candle now and then before storing.

knives need little more care than 'wipe clean and dry'. a worked edge doesn't stay rusty for long

this seems to be coming up more frequently. must be the rainy season

if you REALLY don't like rust, don't strip; or if you do strip, apply a professionally bonded coating like phosphate-bronze, titanium nitrides, or other such things

i mostly just use mineral oil, or some kind of vegetable oil. i can add cloves to make it zesty

 

[Bladite]

thats awesome, you got me in trouble in class cause i laughed loud enough my professor heard me.

oh, your professor just contacted me. study! get your grades up! get a good job. then you can buy more Beckers

also, the lamentations of the women are mostly an "old wives tale". it's really their tears that do the job. gypsy tears are even better according to Borat.

 

[tradewater]

Before Ballistol, everybody walked around with rusty knives and you know it.

 

[Idaho Guy]

Honestly, I have found the blood of your vanquished enemies (accompanied by seeing them driven before you and the lamentations of their women) is more than sufficient to keep most knives in good working order.

I love Conan! Arnold style.

 

[Moosez45]

I like to keep non hazardous oil on my blade, i.e. Ballistol. I think its the bet stuff since toilet paper on a roll.

Any "oil" will suffice, remoil is good stuff, and works well.

I know guys that swear by WD40.

Here's what I will say about Ballistol, its food safe, has a PH balancer that allows for people like me to handle carbon steel without rusting it to pieces.

Go with what you got, it will work.

Moose

 

[JV3]

i'll go against the grain and ask, why not wait and see if it'll rust first? i don't oil my knives and they don't have rust at all (mostly beckers and esee). i have a spyderco o1 that also doesn't rust but my bhk o1 will rust if i leave a fingerprint on...so yeah, use it bare and see what happens. some locations are more humid than others.

 

[BluesStringer]

I use turbine oil and wipe it. And I ain't dead yet.

Yeah, I use the same thing when I'm constipated, but I think he was asking about what to use on his knife.

 

[BasiliOS]

moose you forgot to mention how good it is for leather too!

I just over coat my blades with ballistol and they oil up the sheath while at rest, which then in turn oils up the blade when you sheath it after play time!

I like to keep non hazardous oil on my blade, i.e. Ballistol. I think its the bet stuff since toilet paper on a roll.

Any "oil" will suffice, remoil is good stuff, and works well.

I know guys that swear by WD40.

Here's what I will say about Ballistol, its food safe, has a PH balancer that allows for people like me to handle carbon steel without rusting it to pieces.

Go with what you got, it will work.

Moose

 

[Guyon]

I have seven cases of vintage Quaker State, and none of you are getting any of it

 

[whereismyclock]

I use mineral oil. It's cheap and works well.

I hit them up once per outing
or once per month if I didn't get a chance to use it.
Although I'm not very adamant about it. Just gave a couple their September bath before coming here actually.

 

[daizee]

I have just ordered a bottle of the Flitz Rifle/Gun wax (along with a kydex order), which is a combination of carnuba and beeswax. It should last a good long time, but you'd probably still want to swipe the working surfaces on something. I'll try to remember to post a review.

-Daizee

 

[therainmaker]

On 'youtube' I think Hickok45 uses Ballistol on everything. He probably cooks with it too.

 

[northingeasting]

I recently found a very small container of remoil in my house, and im wondering if thats a good oil to typically use on knives, it fits in the pouch i have on my bk2 sheath it dosent weigh much, havent seen anything on here about remoil so i just want to be sure. its a convienient package. (im reasonably new to quality knives so bear with me!)

Ask a simple question, get a simple answer. Yes, Remoil is good stuff and will work just fine to keep rust away from your knife.