What lube do you use?

i grabbed a bottle of tuf glide and a tuf cloth with my last order. I love the tuf glide, made my para silky smooth, and it's a dry lube, so supposedly will not attract dirt. I used break free CLP before, but I think the tuf glide makes it a bit smoother.

I am still on the fence about the tuf cloth though, it's kindof a pain to use, the stuff really reaks and you have to wash your hands after using it.
 
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powernoodle said:
WD-40. It consists of mineral oil - the same stuff in Johnson's Baby Oil - plus mineral spirits - a solvent that evaporates.
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You would make national news if you actually knew the formula. It has been one of the most carefully guarded secrets in the history of American manufacturing. Don't believe me? Just Google WD 40 formula and take a look at anything from Snopes to actual fan sites.

This same thing pops up on my woodworking forum every year or so, and the speculation is fast and furious. In the end though, one of the company officials said a couple of years ago that no one has even come close.

After WD40 clogged up some of my tools, I quit using it as a lube. Later, the gunsmiths at our local gun shop quit using it after they began getting guns that needed to be disassembled to clean the accumulated stuff out of the mechanisms. There was a huge hubub in the gun magazines about the ill effects of WD40 on the inner works on guns.

That being said, I still use it for its original designed purpose, Water Displacement (formula 40). I spray my saw blades, open containers of nails, yard tools, and a lot of other stuff to give it a pretty fair water shield. I have had great luck keeping my shotguns from getting rust by spraying the inside of their cases before a hunting trip.

For lubrication, I use Tri Flow, Gunk's version of Tri Flow, and light machine oil.

Robert
 
I use the wife's
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sewing machine oil.
 
I use Rem-Oil, but after this bottle (my first and last) runs out I'm switching to mineral oil. It's pretty smelly stuff and it's inevitable that it gets on your skin-where it dries it out your skin and doesn't wash off easily.
 
Tuf-Glide on everything except my Sebs (CRK lube on them). Occasionally I'll use some MMC, but I really prefer Tuf-Glide.
 
powernoodle said:
For the most part though, I don't use anything. If a pivot is begging for it, I might give it a little, but otherwise I just generally leave 'em alone.
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This is my usual school of thought as well.

When I was carrying my old Benchmade 710 I used to give it some lube every now and then (rarely), but with my new Paramilitary's open construction, I just flush it out and let it dry and it's good to go.

The only time I ever really use lubrication is when I've completely disassembled the knife and have given it a very thorough cleaning.
 
Josh K said:
Tuf-Glide and a Tuf-Cloth for all my knives. :thumbup:
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I agree with you Josh>> Sentry Solutions products are top notch and it's hard to go wrong with any of their knife/gun maintenance products.

Also I highly recommend the Millitec line of products too. I'm currently using Millitec on my EDC Spyderco blades.

I would like to learn more about these new "nanotech" lubricants that are coming to market. But on the other hand I would be surprised if any of them are any better than Millitec or any of the Sentry Solutions products that Josh mentioned.

Sentry Solutions has a great dry lube as well known as "BP2000". Great thread
 
For most of my knives, I use Rem oil. For my knives in D2 steel, it's Break Free CLP on the blade and pivot...
 
Another Break Free CLP fan; use it on everything from door hinges to cars to guns. For knives that need to be kept foodsafe, I use a drop or two of camellia oil.
 
I've always used Tuf Glide on everything, but I have found one knife it doesn't really do a good job of pivot lubing. Too much Tuf Glide applied repeatedly to pivot of my washerless Caly3 seems to build up and action gets stiffer.

Flushing pivot with thinners and relubing with oil restores slick opening.
 
On pivots other than slipjoints I use Shooters Choice FP-10.

Over the years I've tried Militec, BreakFree CLP, Tuf-Glide, 3 in 1, and others.
I've found that none of them work as consistently well as FP-10.
(But I guess everyone has their favorite that works best for them.)

On slipjoint pivots I use a drop of food grade mineral oil.
 
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