Out of curiosity what oil do you use

stitchawl said:
Marine Tuf-Coat for all knives except kitchen use. Those never get oiled, just dried after washing. My EDC or hunting knives get used occasionally for cutting up food in the field, but I guess I'm tuffer than the Tuf-Coat cuz it's never had an effects that I seen, and I've been using the stuff for about 35 years.
Stitchawl
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Very rarely have I seen this line of reasoning. Pure common sense.

I can't even imagine the amount of, for example, CLP, which would be ingested by using a knife protected with it. It's made to stay on the steel in the first place.

I found this interesting;
http://www.chop.edu/service/poison-control-center/tox-talk/hydrocarbon-ingestion.html

I can't understand the position of people worried about using "food grade" protectants on their blades.

If you look at the page I tried to show, you can see that lubricating oils and even transmission fluid are listed as "non-poisonous", and it tells why. The way it looks to me, is that they aren't even harmful to the human digestive system.

There is a big difference between ingesting a substance, and getting it in your lungs (aspiration), so I try not to get any CLP in my lungs while I'm eating my apple. I also try not to get any apple in my lungs either, because that would be just as bad. :P

I'm tougher than anything I've ever used to protect metal too.
 
OHALLUM said:
I read somewhere that someone uses Chapstick on their blades if they might use them for food prep. Waterproofs and protects from rust etc. ???? Sounds reasonable, except it may be hard to get into pivot points. I use an old gun oil rag to wipe mine down before storing them for any length of time. Rem oil or Hoppes probably on the rag.

Omar
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Regarding the Chapstick, warming/heating it until it melts is pretty easy, and you can then 'drip' it into tight spots, using a toothpick. I had fiddled around with some Chapstick a while back. I'd heard it can be used for firestarter, applied to small pieces of paper or whatever; this is what I was experimenting with at the time. I had put a little gob of it on a toothpick, then lighted it, and found it 'dripped' from the toothpick like candle wax as it burned. I just let a couple or three drops of it dribble into the pivot of one of my Opinels, which was convenient. In the melted liquid state, it obviously penetrates more deeply into gaps & crevices. Chapstick (regular kind, anyway) is a mix of paraffin and 'white petrolatum' (like petroleum jelly/Vaseline), and other ingredients. I'd assume burning it might consume most/all of the petroleum content, leaving the paraffin (wax) to drip away.
 
I have used CLP, and Ballistol and both work well. I do think CLP protects against rust better, I say this from use on my pistol. I do a lot of competitive shooting and use my gun 4-5 times a week during the winter league, and the CLP seems to work the best. Ballistol is supposed to be safe for consumption as well, although they don't have than on the can. Just something I figured out researching it. I personally wouldn't assume just because you haven't noticed any problems from consumption that there are no problems. That would be like say, I don't feel myself getting lung cancer from smoking, so I must be tougher than the cigarettes. That's just how I feel, not trying to tell anyone what to do.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Regarding the Chapstick, warming/heating it until it melts is pretty easy, and you can then 'drip' it into tight spots, using a toothpick. I had fiddled around with some Chapstick a while back. I'd heard it can be used for firestarter, applied to small pieces of paper or whatever; this is what I was experimenting with at the time. I had put a little gob of it on a toothpick, then lighted it, and found it 'dripped' from the toothpick like candle wax as it burned. I just let a couple or three drops of it dribble into the pivot of one of my Opinels, which was convenient. In the melted liquid state, it obviously penetrates more deeply into gaps & crevices. Chapstick (regular kind, anyway) is a mix of paraffin and 'white petrolatum' (like petroleum jelly/Vaseline), and other ingredients. I'd assume burning it might consume most/all of the petroleum content, leaving the paraffin (wax) to drip away.
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Not to get too far off topic, but you can use about a tablespoon of vegetable oil (canola oil etc.) on a wadded up paper towel and put under your charcoal chimney to start your charcoal without the smell or taste of the petroleum in the charcoal starter products. Works fast and great.

Omar
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OHALLUM said:
Not to get too far off topic, but you can use about a tablespoon of vegetable oil (canola oil etc.) on a wadded up paper towel and put under your charcoal chimney to start your charcoal without the smell or taste of the petroleum in the charcoal starter products. Works fast and great.

Omar
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I use butter. :D


Stitchawl
 
grizzled gizzard said:
If I'm the first to go down, stricken with CLPs... who wants 10k worth of knives? :D
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Lol,it hasn't killed me yet either.If people only knew what goes on behind the scene in many restaurants and butcher shops,believe me they'd never give their knife lube a second thought.:)
 
In a job I had many years ago, I had the "pleasure" of going into some kitchens of some very nice restaurants in Houston,Tx. All of this done after closing times and in the dark. Turn on the lights and stand back and watch the action!! Four legged furry critters running everywhere along with lots of the six and eight legged bugs. On the plates, cooking utensils, left over food not refrigerated etc. Made it hard to go back to any of them and eat there. How any of them passed a health inspection is a mystery. ($$$???) I also went into some fast food places and found most of them were amazingly clean in comparison.

I say all of this (which is true by the way) to back up what skyhorse posted. The lube on your knife is probably insignificant compared to what else you consume on a much larger scale in your every day lives.

Omar
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