Recommend a lube for slipjoints

Ben B

Ben B

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I've got a couple of slipjoint folders that operate a little stiff. It seems that lubes like tuff glide or Ballistol are too thin and allow a little too much metal-to-metal contact, if that makes sense.

Can anyone recommend a good lube (maybe thicker?) for slipjoints?
 
I personally use mineral oil since my knives often see food use and it won't go rancid. Seems to work out alright for me, and if I get a little on the scales, no big deal, don't have to worry about them being affected like they would be with some others. Your mileage may vary.


Gautier
 
Weaponshield CLP, FP-10, Breakfree CLP, food grade mineral oil. The first two are my favorites, most folks already have some breakfree lying around, and food grade mineral oil for the folks that worry about chemicals in their food, or the ones who get the blades sopping wet with oil and don't want their food to taste like rubber. The real dry lubes have their place too since slippies sit in the bottom of an often linty pocket, check out sentry's tuf-glide product. With any oily type lubricant you should apply at most 1 drop to the pivot and then clean up any excess, there shouldn't be any visible pooling of oil, just a light sheen that indicates that it's not dry.
 
yoda4561 said:
Weaponshield CLP, FP-10, Breakfree CLP, food grade mineral oil. The first two are my favorites, most folks already have some breakfree lying around, and food grade mineral oil for the folks that worry about chemicals in their food, or the ones who get the blades sopping wet with oil and don't want their food to taste like rubber. The real dry lubes have their place too since slippies sit in the bottom of an often linty pocket, check out sentry's tuf-glide product. With any oily type lubricant you should apply at most 1 drop to the pivot and then clean up any excess, there shouldn't be any visible pooling of oil, just a light sheen that indicates that it's not dry.
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+1 on this post; says pretty much what I think after 30 years of collecting & using slippies.

Especially the recommendation of FP-10; the best knife lube I've found.
Been using it a few years now on slippies, linerlocks, framelocks, backlocks - and it continues to deliver every time.
 
Tuf Glide, Breakfee, Tri Flow etc. Just a little oil, the thin film thing, is about all the oil you need.
 
Try a tiny dab of automotive lithium grease between the tang and backspring.
Latama Quick Release is a very good commercial product.
 
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