what lubricant to use?

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Nick logan

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I have seen many knife lubricant available to keep the action smooth. The types of knives I use are Spyderco, Emerson, and benchmade. I usually use Break Free, but it seems to attract dust and dirt. I was recently given a new product called White Lightning by a dealer, but it is parafin based and I don't know about it. I have also heard about Rem Oil. What is the best?

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Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody, but onbowed...I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. ("Invictus" by W E Henley)
 
Out of the ones you've mentioned, I've used Break-Free and White Lightning. Never used Rem-Oil. Like you said, Break Free attracts dust and dirt IME. Great cleaner, not so good lubricant for knives. I also used White Lightning as a cleaner rather than a lube. I put it on my lockbacks, work the action a few times, let it dry and then sit and work the action about a hundred times. I'm amazed at the gunk that I get out. Then I put it under extremely hot running water to melt out the parafin.

For actual lubing, I prefer Outers Gunslick. It's a graphite grease-type lubricant and I love it. The best by far that I've ever used.
 
You can also try Tuf-Glide... It doesn't leave any sticky residue like the others.

Tuf-Glide on the pivot, Tuf-Cloth on the knife blade.
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Dan
 
Hey Nick,
Man there are more and more people from Cincinnati showing up here. I like White Lightening a lot for some knives. It did not work well in my Small Sebenza, but it has done great things with my Spydercos. It saved a 20 year old SAK that I had given up on cleaning the grit out of. My Military is silky smooth. WL doesn't seem to attract pocket stuff, and also seems to work grit out as claimed. For reference, other lubes I've tried recently: Tuf Glide, CRK fluorinated grease, 3 in 1 Oil (what my Dad taught me to use and still works pretty well), and Breakfree. I can't really tell that the Break Free works any better than the 3 in 1 oil, honestly. I've only used the fluorinated grease on a couple of knives other than my Reeve knives, so I can't say a whole lot about it. Works great in my Zulu trio.

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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."
 
I usually use Rem-Oil because.... I can buy it at Wal-Mart. It comes in an aerosol can with the long skinny squirt tube. I use it on all my guns so I don't need to have something different.
 
I was told by a guy who knows a lot that it really doesn't matter what stuff you use, just don't buy any "crap". Regular oil is cheap enough, anyway. and I use Rem Oil.

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EdRozen-On the cutting edge of finding out what the cutting edge is....
 
Contrary to what has been said in this and other threads about Tuf-Glide, I don't think it makes a particularly good lubricant. In my experience it makes the action a bit slower than no lubrication at all, and yes, it does attract dust and lint. I use Tuf-Glide, but more for it's rust inhibiting properties. For lubrication I use Rem-Oil.

David Rock

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Stop when you get to bone.
 
I use the Chris Reeve flourinated grease that he sells for use on the Sebenza. It has the perfect consistency for use on the Spyderco Zytel Clipits. It has made a noticeable difference on my new Native with the 440V blade.

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Dale Richmond
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I' ll second what Dave Rock said. I get to clean and air blast most my folders frequently. I ' ve been satisfied with the use of Tri Flow for quite some time now. But I' ve recently discovered that there is a dry formula available. Haven' t tried it yet but will post if it is favorable.

I' ve used Rem Oil also but it kind of runs real quick and doesn' t have the nice odor of Tri Flow.
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L8r,
Nakano
 
Try the new MILITEC Weapon Grade Synthetic Based Metal Conditioner www.militec-1.com
Benchmade recommends it (unofficially
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) for their knives and I must say - it really works very well.

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Sergiusz Mitin
gunwriter
Lodz, Poland

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