You Lube What?

[Mo2]

I would really like to see someone keep oil OUT of the washers!
It would be impossible.
You guys really over-think things....

Its pretty easy to minimize the amount of oil you use. I just use a q tip dip it in oil and paint it on where it needs to go. That's not over thinking anything.

So I know things like mineral oil are good at preventing corrosion are the dry lubes also? What about food safe are any of the dry lubes food safe?

Dry lube is only food safe once it dries. If it chips off its not food safe anymore. Iirc this was what I remember sentry solution stated on one of the forums. I don't personally like dry lube. But many do.

Mineral oil works fine. It's what is left when you use Wd40 and same thing as nano oil which is charging alot more for mineral oil aka snake oil.

 

[SteelJunkee]

I watch knife disassembly/cleaning video's because it gives me a peek at the inside workings of knives that I may be interested in purchasing.
One thing I keep noticing is the way people lube and reassemble there knives.

There seems to be reoccurring practice of lubing between the handle scale and washer...Why?

I would think the last thing you would want would be the washer turning on the softer material of the handle slab (Micarta or Titanium)

So my question to you is..... How do you lube?

The picture below is how I've been doing it for years....am I doing it wrong?
I keep it dry between the handle scale and washer only lubing the washer face that comes into contact with the blade... and then a dot of oil on the detent track. I put a little lube on the pivot pin as well..
Been using TW25B grease and Benchmade Bluelube with wonderful results.

I use WD-40 or a powerful scum remover to clean the pivots, you shoot to kill in the mechanism let soak a while, after take an air compressor to blow off the crud from the pivot an mechanism repeat until completely clean and dry. Then I use a dust repellent PTFE spray to keep things clean and smooth. I was able to recover many folders that where blocked in gunk this way, without having to dismantle the poor thing.

 

[Lapedog]

I watch knife disassembly/cleaning video's because it gives me a peek at the inside workings of knives that I may be interested in purchasing.
One thing I keep noticing is the way people lube and reassemble there knives.

There seems to be reoccurring practice of lubing between the handle scale and washer...Why?

I would think the last thing you would want would be the washer turning on the softer material of the handle slab (Micarta or Titanium)

So my question to you is..... How do you lube?

The picture below is how I've been doing it for years....am I doing it wrong?
I keep it dry between the handle scale and washer only lubing the washer face that comes into contact with the blade... and then a dot of oil on the detent track. I put a little lube on the pivot pin as well..
Been using TW25B grease and Benchmade Bluelube with wonderful results.

I lube the same way as you. So as to try and prevent the washer from turning against the frame of the knife. One thing that you didn’t show in your pic or mention that I do is put a little lube on the walls of the hole in the blade where the pivot goes through.

Also on some knives with hard lockbar tension I put a tiny drop of oil in the detent hole. That way the detent ball dips in it and gets a little oil, smothing out the action.

I used to put lube on both sides of the washer but upon hearing Chris Reeve knives didn’t recommend it I stopped.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Oil migrates.....