I've carried a pocket knife of some sort or another since I was about 8 or so if I remember correctly. In these 14 years since I started with my fist Buck 110 I've picked up a few tricks. I figured I'd share them. If they are common knowledge here please don't be too harsh.
Sharpening a serrated edge can be a pain, but stropping them is a breeze! Just go pick up some square shaped leather shoe laces and rub Flitz Metal Polish or MetalGlo into the leather and let is dry in the sun or overnight. DO NOT DRY IN THE OVEN!! BAD FUMES!!. tie one end of the polish inpregnated leather shoelace to anything sturdy( I use my big toe
) and strop as you would any other knife. My serrated edge and plain edged SS handled Harpies get so sharp doing this it's retarded.
The Best damned knife care oil you can use for NON-food preparing knives is 3in1 SAE 20 oil, the stuff that's made for 1/4 hoursepower and over engines.It makes your folders smooth silky slick as 18 year old virgin....well you get the idea 
It stays where you put it, It's thick and best of all it removes that gunk you get on your blade from cutting tape and the tape adhesive gets all over your blade. I go weeks without oiling my knives if I use it.
The Best thing to use to scrub your easily scratched knives is a infants hair brush. The bristles are stout enough to clean well but are soft enough not to harm an infants scalp it surely won't harm you knife. I've cleaned my knives with Palmolive dish detergent and one of there brushes for a long time and never a scratch.(follow up with oil above for rust resistance.)
to prevent your linerlocks from possible accidental closure from the tang-to-lock area having oil on it take a Q-tip with some of your wife nail polish remover or even rubbing alcohol and swab the lock contact point with it to break down that oil that has settled there.
To keep lint from taking up residence in you folders while in your pocket drop 2 or 3 pennies in that pocket your folders clipped to. The pennies tumble in your pocket and keep the lint in the bottom of your pocket, not working its way into your lockbacks lock area and causing a faulty lcokup.
Hope I helped at least one person out.
Anyone else care to chime in with any other tips?
peace love and one more knife.
Sharpening a serrated edge can be a pain, but stropping them is a breeze! Just go pick up some square shaped leather shoe laces and rub Flitz Metal Polish or MetalGlo into the leather and let is dry in the sun or overnight. DO NOT DRY IN THE OVEN!! BAD FUMES!!. tie one end of the polish inpregnated leather shoelace to anything sturdy( I use my big toe
) and strop as you would any other knife. My serrated edge and plain edged SS handled Harpies get so sharp doing this it's retarded.The Best damned knife care oil you can use for NON-food preparing knives is 3in1 SAE 20 oil, the stuff that's made for 1/4 hoursepower and over engines.It makes your folders smooth silky slick as 18 year old virgin....well you get the idea
It stays where you put it, It's thick and best of all it removes that gunk you get on your blade from cutting tape and the tape adhesive gets all over your blade. I go weeks without oiling my knives if I use it.The Best thing to use to scrub your easily scratched knives is a infants hair brush. The bristles are stout enough to clean well but are soft enough not to harm an infants scalp it surely won't harm you knife. I've cleaned my knives with Palmolive dish detergent and one of there brushes for a long time and never a scratch.(follow up with oil above for rust resistance.)
to prevent your linerlocks from possible accidental closure from the tang-to-lock area having oil on it take a Q-tip with some of your wife nail polish remover or even rubbing alcohol and swab the lock contact point with it to break down that oil that has settled there.
To keep lint from taking up residence in you folders while in your pocket drop 2 or 3 pennies in that pocket your folders clipped to. The pennies tumble in your pocket and keep the lint in the bottom of your pocket, not working its way into your lockbacks lock area and causing a faulty lcokup.
Hope I helped at least one person out.
Anyone else care to chime in with any other tips?
peace love and one more knife.
