Traditional knives and Stones.

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JM2 said:
I started by sharpening the 752 advertising knife. Then I figured I’d touch up my 75 and 192 since they were on me. Wife had her mini trapper so I gave it some tlc too.
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The scales on the mini trapper look great. Did these come from Case with this color or is it a home color job?
JM2 said:
Today’s adventure, 33 and 34. I use them both but really don’t sharpen them as much as I should. Decided to treat them to the best today.
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Classic Old Timers and stones go together
 
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Old Hunter said:
This is a Browning two sided stone that I have owned since the late 70’s. Bought it when I bought a Browning lock-back knife (one of their takes on the Buck Folding Hunter). The knife is long gone, but the stone gets used regularly. OH
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Wow, that’s a beautiful stone. Nothing quite like a good familiar stone to keen up an edge.
 
kyhunt said:
I never seen this thread before. I never thought of taking pictures of my sharpening stones. The only picture I think I have with a stone is this one I’ve posted before of my 92 and pocket stone. I’ll have to take pictures now that I know about this thread.View attachment 2055908
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That’s a beautiful knife. Thanks for sharing.
 
Old Hunter said:
This is a Browning two sided stone that I have owned since the late 70’s. Bought it when I bought a Browning lock-back knife (one of their takes on the Buck Folding Hunter). The knife is long gone, but the stone gets used regularly. OH
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I have quite a few of these stones. Most that are patterned like this are Washita variety of Arkansas stones. Very nice!
 
What a fantastic thread idea!

Question: Is mineral oil a good solution for sharpening stones? What do you all use?
 
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osoverride said:
Question: Is mineral oil a good solution for sharpening stones? What do you all use?
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I use mineral oil on oil stones, and water on water stones. :) I use diamond hones and ceramic rods (Sharpmaker) dry.

My preferred choice of mineral oil is Norton Sharpening oil, though I have used various food-grade mineral oils sold for use on wood cutting boards, which I also have. Howard Cutting Board Oil, Williams-Sonoma Board Oil are a couple. I bought some of the pharmacy stuff Mineral Oil USP sold as a laxative. It worked, but was a bit thicker coating than I like.

I sometimes just use my Arkansas stones dry for quick touchups, and later on give them a good scrubbing with Bar Keeper's Friend and water to remove the swarf. I mean, it's a piece of rock. Whereas the man-made India and Crystolon stones are like sponges for oil. Especially the ones from Ace hardware that don't come pre-loaded like Norton. I think you could drop a 6" Ace SiC stone in a 55 gallon drum of mineral oil and come back in an hour and the drum would be empty.
 
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I’ve used a little bit of everything on my stones. Case oil that comes with the kit. Made by dans. Smiths sharpening oil is my favorite. I’ve used wd40, remoil, and liquid wrench too. 3 in 1. I’ve never used straight mineral oil, but I have some that I’ll be trying shortly.

Those carborundum stones are pretty thirsty. I’m going to condition mine with Vaseline on mine so I can use it without using a gallon of oil. I don’t use it much so it’s low priority.
 
Tractor Supply sells a gallon jug of mineral oil for use as a laxative for horses. It is about $20 the last time I bought some and will last most people for years. Grocery stores sell pint size mineral oil as a laxative. It is $4 at my local grocery store. It works great on synthetic oil stones like India stones or silicon carbide stones, Arkansas stones, coticules, and I even use it on my diamond plates. It also is good for wood cutting boards.
 
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