What lubricant?

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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 benchmade, Emerson, and Spydderco. 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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Uhm, I heard that White Lightning gets all this gunky stuff inside the knife pivot and its not very good for knives. I personally use Tri-Flow! It is very dope on a rope in my opinion.
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I have the kind with teflon in it.

-Chang the asian janitorial apparatus
 
Tuff-Glide from Sentry Solutions. The best I've found.


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"I can go over to your mama's house, and start a small fire in her panties." -G. Busey
 
Originally posted by Nick logan:
This may not be to the point, but Gun Test magazine did some extensive tests of lubricants for guns. They found a light oil like 3 in 1 Oil was better than most (triflow, Breakfree etc.)


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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.
 
It's mostly personal preference. I like Reeve Flourinated grease best and for folders that don't disassemble I use Tuff Glide.

-Johnny
 
I recently put some white lightning on the pivot of one of my knives. It actually made it slower. Almost like it gummed up. I ended up running the pivot under hot water to get rid of the stuff. I found several other threads complaining about the same thing.

I haven't tried tuff gide yet, but thought it was more of a rust inhibitor than a lubricant.

Does anyone have any more suggestions?

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I have always used 3 in 1 on all my knives.
it's very light,doesn't gum up, although you may need to apply more often than a heavier oil.
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I hate to be the dissenting voice but I have always had good luck with White Lightning, even on my Autos. However, I use their brand of Cleaner (comes in a large aerosol can) prior to putting the actual W.L. liquid on any parts of the knife. The Cleaner is potent stuff, kind of makes you think of Carb Cleaner the way it smells. Using the W.L. (esp on a brand new knife) provides a protective barrier that prevents any dust or dirt from entering.

Now I do have and use Tuff Glide, but I use that mainly for Rust inhibition on knives that I am Storing in a pouch or case, not knives that I'm going to carry or display, but only because the oil formula attracts dust and lint.

Most will agree that they are both very good products. Try them both and then you decide what works best for you. One container of each will surely last you a year or so, and using either will definately add life to any of your knives!

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I like Tuf-Glide the best overall. Though it is mostly a rust inhibitor I think it works fine as a lubricant and it doesn't attract dirt.

Break-Free is an excellent lube but it love little dust particles so I avoid it now.

White Lightening gums up my folders but does make a good cleaner like Leroy stated. When it works though, it really seems to work very well.

For knives that disassemble I like the Reeve flourinated lube.

I have 3 in 1, I haven't tried it on my knives but I will now.

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Kodiak Alaska
 
You know for a non lubricant, WD-40 seems to work well, too IMO. I used it yesterday to clean out my kid's gunky SAKs that were filled with dirt and the hydrostatic pressure from the little straw did great and the knives seems to action better. WD-40 has a lot of uses and it don't hurt to have it around the house.

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Kodiak Alaska
 
I use BreakFree on the rare occasions I need to lube my Voyagers. A couple of drops does the trick. If you let it dry overnight it doesn't attract dust, IME.
 
I learned about a new oil at the Spring 2000 Hammer-In at the Moran School of Bladesmithing this year. It's called NYOIL. I bought some from a vendor and am very impressed with it. I don't know for sure what it's made from, but it looks and feels like a mineral oil base with presumably some type of nylon product in it. Very smooth, but like most oils tends to collect dust and pocket lint.

My teacher, Mr. Ogg, always lubricated his custom folders with STP engine oil treatment. It works well, and because it's so thick, it doesn't tend to 'carry' dirt into the action like a lighter oil will.

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[This message has been edited by MaxTheKnife (edited 08-27-2000).]
 
I've used Tuf-Glide on Benchmades, Spydercos, Emersons, and others--no problems, only positive results.

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Kodiak brings up a good point! I've cleaned a few really nasty folders with WD-40 myself and was amazed at what dripped out of them.I'm not sure of what effect it may have on some handle materials, but in my case, I had nothing to lose.Lubrication? It fixes everything else,why not?

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"Just me and my multi-tool".
 
Some lubricant threads:

archived one, chart of Tetra Gun, with some scepticism http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum32/HTML/001220.html

recent ones:
What lubricant? http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum54/HTML/000111.html

White Lightning v Tuff-Glide v ??? http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum54/HTML/002167.html
discusses the ones in the title, Kleenbore called WT25-B, Miltec-1

FOOD SAFE RUST PREVENTORS ??? http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum54/HTML/002108.html
mineral oil, etc.

[This message has been edited by Donald (edited 08-27-2000).]
 
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People that manipulate balisongs like militec-1 the most, I personally use Tetra Gun oil on my knives and I get great results, though it smells bad. Any of you people that know what a balisong is (butterfly knife) and how much the pivot points/pins are used you realize how good these lubes have to be. Just my .02

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