Recommendation? Oiled wipedown rag

[Grease]

What do you guys use to wipe down an axe after using it out in the woods?

I'm looking for some kind of oil to soak a rag in, to keep in a Ziploc baggy, so that I can give my axe a quick wipe after doing messier work out in the woods when I'm camping.

 

[Beachlogger]

I melt 1 part bees wax in 4 parts mineral oil, let cool to a paste. Can use it on anything from cutting boards to boots to oil cloth to tools etc.

 

[Steve Tall]

I use mineral oil on a rag-in-a-bag. The mineral oil is the food-grade kind (found fairly inexpensive in pharmacies) in case I want to oil a knife that I later cut food with, and for environmental reasons.

However, I want to upgrade to a rag-in-a-can oiler like this one:

from http://www.traditional-tools.com/my-version-of-paul-sellers-rag-in-a-can-oiler/

 

[Miller '72]

I use mineral oil on a rag-in-a-bag. The mineral oil is the food-grade kind (found fairly inexpensive in pharmacies) in case I want to oil a knife that I later cut food with, and for environmental reasons.

However, I want to upgrade to a rag-in-a-can oiler like this one:

from http://www.traditional-tools.com/my-version-of-paul-sellers-rag-in-a-can-oiler/

Oh My.
I want that rag in a can too.

I happen to use a mineral spirit / BLO 3:1 mix for a wipe and protect.

I should add...Head only, after a sticky use. Wood is always BLO only for me.
Thanks JB for pointing that out

 

[jblyttle]

I have not done this, and BLO is still my choice for treating wood. But if I wanted to clean and protect, I may use Ballistol.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Mineral oil keeps my carbon steel rust free.

Axes, hammers, knives, pliers, and everything in between.

 

[Ernest DuBois]

On the handles I'm rubbing them down after use with raw unwashed sheep's wool. The axe heads I have been the whole time oiling them with camilla oil from an applicator similar in principle to what Steve Tall has shown, but because I wont want to go rubbing my edge with a metal can I have used a length of bamboo like the old Japanese do it for a container holding the rolled-up rag.

 

[Square_peg]

In a pinch chapstick will do fine. It already comes in a tiny 'can' that fits in your pocket.

 

[deltaboy]

We use Mineral oil or Dave Canterbury used Olive oil!

 

[FLINT77]

I use olive oil on knives sometimes, and lately I've been using sno seal on my axes, as I have a can and it smells like it must just be bees wax and some kind of mineral oil.