Treated knives and food prep

mineral oil is fine to eat, in fact it can be used as mild laxative, though in the amounts that would be on the knife I wouldn't worry about having any "accidents" on the trail.

That being said I tend to wipe everything down and make it as clean as possible before food prep. My feeling is the less gunk the better in the food.

I do have another question though. does anybody get concerned with the coating coming off in the food? I have purged all Teflon related products from my kitchen and was wondering about the type of coatings on my blades. So far I only use uncoated or satin finish blades to cook with, but maybe I'm being to picky?
 
The carrier in Tuff Cloth is mineral oil.

Mineral oil is a very safe product use for this purpose. It has medicinal use as a skin softener and laxative, but you have to eat a good bit of it to experience that quality.

Just drying the knife can work, unless you are humid person, like I am... Then it might just rust in the sheath.

Another option is to have a knife specific for food prep, like has been mentioned. For example, a Vnox Paring Knife... Add a sheath, and it will travel well.

Marion
 
nydude said:
mineral oil is fine to eat, in fact it can be used as mild laxative, though in the amounts that would be on the knife I wouldn't worry about having any "accidents" on the trail.

That being said I tend to wipe everything down and make it as clean as possible before food prep. My feeling is the less gunk the better in the food.

I do have another question though. does anybody get concerned with the coating coming off in the food? I have purged all Teflon related products from my kitchen and was wondering about the type of coatings on my blades. So far I only use uncoated or satin finish blades to cook with, but maybe I'm being to picky?
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I've also purged all the Teflon from my kitchen.

For those of you using mineral oil, what do you do when you want to cut a thread on your shirt, open an evelope, or cut anything that would obsorb the oil? Also, the oil gets in the sheath and you will have a tough time getting rid of it should you realize it is not what you want. Just dry the knife and let it patina naturally. Much easier!!
 
Marion David Poff said:
The carrier in Tuff Cloth is mineral oil.
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They call it "mineral spirits" in the literature. I'm not sure if that's similar or completely different from mineral oil.
As it turns out, the spirits evaporate and leave the active mixture "bonded" to the knife. They claim that the stuff isn't toxic, and that if you want to use the knife in food prep, just wash it off and reapply tufglide later.
So I'm guessing tufglide isn't a horrible treatment as the majority of it can be washed off before cutting stuff up.

However in an emergency food operation, you may not have time to wash ;)
 
I agree with just keepin her clean.no need for oil unless you plan on storing it for a while
 
razorback1595 said:
as oil for anything i've used a black&decker bio degradeble lubricant
if it's bio degradeble it shouldn't give me problems ;)
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I beg to differ. I don't think I'll be drinking SC Johnson's new line of cleaning fluids just because they are Bio-degradable. That said, I wouldn't use anything to "protect" the blade when it can harm me
 
I have a primary rust preventative measure that I always use, especially on the non-stainless knives: Keep 'em clean & dry.

Then there is the secondary measure, not nearly as important but it can be a good idea (especially in high humidity areas): Wipe with mineral oil (known as paraffin liquid here).

I follow the above for all my knives - so I can use any for food prep if I want to. I have not used my Izula for food prep yet but I have used all 4 of my Opinels, RAT-1, Endura 4, BK-7, BK-9, KA-BAR Hobo, K502x and maybe one or 2 others. I actually use tomato slicing as a test for sharpness - my sharpest knife can slice a tomato with the weight of the knife only, no downward pressure at all!
 
I tend to just do the same, keep them clean and dry, and not really worry much about it.
 
mineral oil is the best, but honestly if you wipe the blade and store it in a dry place you should be fine without using any oil
 
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