Am I the only one who thinks Spyderco should sell a oil for their knives? Benchmade does it, they could just sell the oil they use in the factory which is a silicone oil, or even develop a more premium synthetic type oil, but I am pretty sure it would sell, a lot of people I've noticed use plain petroleum based 3n1 oil or even rem oil *shudders*. I think if Spyderco sold a premium high quality knife oil, or even included a small sample in with each spyderco knife, the incidence of sticky locks and such would drop majorly.
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Rem oil is simply light weight mineral oil, I totally agree any decent synthethic works fine, its just most people don't have a clue whats what when it comes to oil, they either end up using something petro based which will gum up with dirt eventually or evaporate off like rem oil. Or they spend 40% on an ounce of nano oil. I simply think if Spyderco provided a decent high quality lubricant it would sell. I'm not saying it has to be touted as the most advanced oil ever made, hell I use ballistol sometimes.
Admittedly yeah knives don't need the same lubrication guns do, but apparently CRK considers lubrication important enough that they include a tube of arguably the most high tech grease available.
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I use Rem Oil and Break Free CLP.
I can't quite understand why other people care or might be bothered by it or try to convince me I should use something else. I asked the oil question once on here and haven't need to ask again since.
Good on Spyderco for not suggesting I use "their" oil. If any knife company wanted to get super technical they could "only recommend" their oil as opposed to some other oil. Then could go a step further and void warranties if their oil was not used. Food for thought.
I can't quite understand why other people care or might be bothered by it or try to convince me I should use something else. I asked the oil question once on here and haven't need to ask again since.
Good on Spyderco for not suggesting I use "their" oil. If any knife company wanted to get super technical they could "only recommend" their oil as opposed to some other oil. Then could go a step further and void warranties if their oil was not used. Food for thought.
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I'd be interested in an oil that Spyderco actually uses.
If they offered a 'premium' oil but didn't use it themselves, why should I?
I've pretty much settled on mineral oil and 3-In-1 for my fixed blades.
They use loctite viperlube according to TazKristi, assuming this
http://www.henkelna.com/product-search-1554.htm?nodeid=8797944872961
Pretty sure CRK doesn't void the warranty if you don't use their grease, benchmade doesn't void the warranty for not using bluelube. Nobody is saying you SHOULD use Spyderco's product, I probably would not, however I thought there would be a decent number of people who would, rather than try to figure out what works well on their own. I'm a bit curious as to why or how you use both rem oil and breakfree CLP, that's a bit like saying you use crude oil and a high grade synthetic motor oil in your car.
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I'd end up buying it out of curiosity.
For now, it's Ballistol for me. Doesn't claim to be the best but I'm more than happy with. Guns, knife blades and pivots.
For now, it's Ballistol for me. Doesn't claim to be the best but I'm more than happy with. Guns, knife blades and pivots.
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I didn't say companies do this, or that Spyderco would do that. I said companies "could" void warranties if they wanted to.
Also, I have more than one knife. And they aren't all Spyderco folders. CLP works great on some but not on others. So, I'm gonna ask you. Do you have only one knife? And only use one oil? If so great. But please don't assume I use two oils in the same knife at the same time.
I can't believe I had to explain those two things, after I was taken out of context.
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Get some Breakfree CLP. I use in on all steel tools, knives, firearms, etc. It is synthetic, not expensive, available at most sporting goods and gun stores. Never dries out or gums up and will provide a protective coating for years. I started using it back in the '70s on M16s. It has a mil-spec version used by the current military. The CLP means Cleans-lubricates-Protects.
Taken out of context? I was honestly confused was all, CLP is a better rust preventive and lubricant so I wasn't sure what was up. I use the same oil on all my knife pivots yes, although I use ballistol on the blades of knives I might cut food with. I realized after I wrote it that it sounded a bit rude though, and for that I apologize.
Honestly I just thought this would be a good idea BECAUSE of some of the snake oils out there, there are better oils out there than the old standbys like rem oil, 3n1, hoppes etc. But how many people want to spend hours googling to figure out what is actually any better? I just read a lot of knife related issues that come down to lubricant, lack of, gummed up, so forth. Oils like CLP are way beyond what knives need, I'm not saying Spyderco could try to invent some new wonderlube, but rather just produce something quality and priced appropriately to either sell, or ship with each knife as a better alternative to WD-40, petro oils etc. But I mean the whole point is only if it would make sense to Spyderco, if nobody else sees the point than it is in fact a dumb idea. Heck they don't have to actually call it their own SpyderOil or anything, shipping a little sample packet of CLP or their viperlube would work just as well.
CLP is a great product. Rem oil is a little too toxic for a knife, its says right on the bottle toxic. I like slip 2000. It's non toxic and is a little on the thick side so its not runny when applied. I also like "red n tacky" grease. I heard spyderco uses oil secreted from a female spider gland to lube their blades. Very expensive stuff, $75 per oz or something like that.
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Makes perfect sense to me. It's just a way of offering something that works to folks that might not know how to sort through the millions of possibilities. Like Spyderco saying "hey.....you can use whatever you want, but this stuff is what we use and will provide satisfactory results, and keeps with the quality of our knives". Nothing wrong with that, and might help some people out. It's a direct analogy with the sharpmaker. Nowhere does Spyderco state you have to use the sharp maker, but if you own a Spyderco, and don't know what to buy, it's a pretty safe bet to buy the Sharpening system they also promote.
Anyways.......I think it would be a hit if they offered their chosen oil as a branded product, and see no negative to it at all.
Anyways.......I think it would be a hit if they offered their chosen oil as a branded product, and see no negative to it at all.
Exactly, you phrased it much better than I could. I use weaponshield, I have bottles of breakfree clp sitting around, a can of eezox, some mpro around here somewhere, couple cans of ballistol, and just about every general lube there is somewhere around here I know what I prefer, what works, what doesn't. But I figured it would provide an obvious quality choice to those who really have no idea and might not even oil their knife otherwise. And it very well could cut down on warranty claims especially if they included a small packet. I see people talking about their knife getting gritty even after several washes .
My idea was to to help make it as low effort for people as possible, a good synthetic doesn't need frequent reapplication or gum up. They could just buy the spyderco oil with no guess work and have a good quality knife oil.
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It's all good. I might have been a bit harsh initially, I apologize. Having a weird day today. I've really got no problem with Spyderco or any other company selling oil. I'm just not sure it would be worth their time and effort, and the oil be any more of an improvement over other oils already out there. Anyway, if Spyderco developed a dry lubricant then I would be fully supportive.
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To toxic for knife?