Wood handles. How to you care for yours?

[caine]

use a q-tip and apply boiled linseed oil for a few mins then wipe off

 

[ptradeco]

Will the oil on your hand be enough to care for wood handles? Or do you apply something?
Just got an African Blackwood Viper.
Your suggestions?

I actually do think the natural oil in your hands will cover a wood scaled knife if carried everyday. I have been carrying the knife in my avatar for almost two years and only occasionally add a drop of oil to the joint, nothing to the scales except I do wipe any residue from my fingers on the scales.

 

[BRL]

Mineral oil, and generally I don't spare it....