tuf cloth and knife handles

StrayCat

StrayCat

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Hi

Any feelings on using sentry tuf cloth on knife handles. Will it harm them? Bone? Wood? Synthetic?

If I use something like tuf cloth to wipe of knife blades after handling them. What should I use for the handles?

Thanks in Advance
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I haven't had any problems yet using tuf-cloth on wood, bone, delrin and micarta... but I think lemon oil for wood and mineral oil for bone is a better way to go - just a little rubbed in once in a while.
 
Hi more rookie questions.
When you talk of mineral oil do you mean the kind one purchases in a drug store which is used as a laxative? And by lemon oil do you mean furniture polish with lemon oil?
 
Stray Cat that's a 10-4 on the mineral oil, but it at Target, pahrmacy, whatever. Once a year I also take all my natural handled knives (Stag, bone and wood) and soak them overnight in the mineral oil - helps prevent drying out and cracking.
Never used the lemon oil so can't comment!
 
good natural mineral oil is good for bone, stag. if you use oil, or tuff-glide on a bone handle it will darken it!!! (discolor, ect!!) on plastic, it wont harm it. Do not use it on rubber, or kraton as it will break the material down.

hope this helps :)
 
tuf-glide, tuf-cloth are made of 100% oderless mineral spirits and oil!!! in fact if you read the directions it tells you that you can "revive" the cloth by adding 100% oderless mineral spirits!
 
So what should we use on our bone handles? Tuff-cloth or mineral oil? I need to know!!!
 
mineral oil, not the same thing as 100% mineral spirits (completely different). now if your going to put it on white, or natural bone, the mineral oil will darken it very slightly. If you use it on colored bone you wont notice much difference. However when you put it on colored bone, or any bone for that matter. do it lightly!! on colored bone, if you rub it hard it will take some of the color out, you'll notice it if you use a whit cloth. it wont be real noticeable on the handle unless you constantly do it (rubbing hard with cloth) many times. all you have to do is take a finger tip and lightly apply it (conservatively). It doesnt take much to protect!!! you can also use it on a stag, works really well. the idea is not to let the bone, or stag get to dry, causing cracks (over time). if you have a damper enviroment (not good for ther blades though!) chances are you will not need to do it, or often at all.
 
So I should be fine if I live in Florida where the humidity is near 80% year round then? :D allowing me to nearly ignore the use of mineral oil?
 
I definitely wouldnt worry about it unless you expose them to high heat, or a constant dehumidifier. the blade however DEFINITELY need the tufglide in this weather!!!

hope this helps!!:D
 
About the lemon oil - yes, it's the stuff you use for wooden furniture. Not a spray polish but a bottled oil. I've always used it to condition the rosewood fretboards on my guitars so I use it on oil-finished wooden knife handles as well. I just rub on a little bit, enough to show a shine on the wood; then I let it sit for a few minutes and wipe it off with a soft clean cloth. You don't want to overdo it.
 
When you say I should use natural mineral oil what specifically do you mean? Maybe a commonly available brand name example would help. Searching the net it seems the phrase mineral oil is used for lots of different kinds of products. Food grade mineral oil. Medicinal mineral oil. Petroleum type mineral oil (toxic). My local shoping markets generic brand (for laxative) is labeled heavy I'm confused. Sorry if I'm being a pest. Being detail oriented is a disease I have.
 
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