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ZT 560 grease
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I use fluorinated grease like CRK suggests specifically, Finish Line Extreme Fluoro 100% DuPont Teflon Grease. It works like a champ. Needs very little to work too.
Nano-oil has been getting a lot of good press in the maintenance, tinkering and embellishment section.
Nano-oil has been getting a lot of good press in the maintenance, tinkering and embellishment section.
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- If I can get my hands on the CF 0560, Miltec-1 grease was what I was planning on using. It's like butter on the other knives and guns I use it on now.
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I used some super lube and its kept her quiet.
I have militec grease + oil + SS hi-slip and tuf glide. My best advice for you is, if you can, try out the various stuff for yourself and see what works, because I have had times where what my preference was, was not the same for others [go figure right 
]. Since they are in the 5-10 dollar range per bottle/tube [depending on where you buy it I suppose]
But for me I do a few things:
1. When I get a knife, I try out these : just the oil, just the grease, and my favorite, I actually mix them together [best of both worlds for most regular folders. You get the smoothness of the grease, with the quickness of the oil, without a whole lot of the drawbacks - eg. having too much resistance/too runny - no i don't baste it, just on some it seeps through the handles through basic physics /making squishy-squeaky sounds, etc etc.
For example, I use oil exclusively for knives with teflon washers + an assisted opening mechanism, for most others i use the above mixture [militec-1 oil + grease]
For the KVT I use mainly just oil. While the mixture does make it quite smooth etc. I like the tactile feeling of having the blade just drop back into the handle when your closing. And it was much easier to maintain this with just using an oil for lube.
]. Since they are in the 5-10 dollar range per bottle/tube [depending on where you buy it I suppose]But for me I do a few things:
1. When I get a knife, I try out these : just the oil, just the grease, and my favorite, I actually mix them together [best of both worlds for most regular folders. You get the smoothness of the grease, with the quickness of the oil, without a whole lot of the drawbacks - eg. having too much resistance/too runny - no i don't baste it, just on some it seeps through the handles through basic physics /making squishy-squeaky sounds, etc etc.
For example, I use oil exclusively for knives with teflon washers + an assisted opening mechanism, for most others i use the above mixture [militec-1 oil + grease]
For the KVT I use mainly just oil. While the mixture does make it quite smooth etc. I like the tactile feeling of having the blade just drop back into the handle when your closing. And it was much easier to maintain this with just using an oil for lube.
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I use Mobil 1 bearing grease
on my 0560 took it apart after I had it for about 2 weeks and cleaned all the black funk out of it and used a tiny bit of mobil 1 on the bearings and it is still as smooth as silk( I do not and do not intend to use it on food with the mobil 1 on it) but for a work utility knife it work wonderfully and it is super cheap and a $6 can of it will last for ever.
on my 0560 took it apart after I had it for about 2 weeks and cleaned all the black funk out of it and used a tiny bit of mobil 1 on the bearings and it is still as smooth as silk( I do not and do not intend to use it on food with the mobil 1 on it) but for a work utility knife it work wonderfully and it is super cheap and a $6 can of it will last for ever.
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I picked up some Finish Line teflon grease from REI's cycling section on Tuesday to try out after reading a post about it a week or two ago. I don't think I'll be using anything else for awhile. But if it collects pocket lint I may go back to oil. It seems so far to provide great glide action with a very small amount that won't gunk up like the copious amounts of oil I have been using. The grease can just be dabbed in the detent hole as needed and does't spread everywhere and collect gunk. Tuff-Glide, Rem-Oil, and the other oils I've experimented with didn't seem to work as well.
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I actually called KAI yesterday and asked this exact qeustion. They said that a mixture of tri flo lube and silicone grease is used on the KVT system.
Anyone know a good silicone based grease? Is militec silicone based?
Anyone know a good silicone based grease? Is militec silicone based?
Nice, only confirms what I had been doing for the past few years [mixing oil + grease] for best effects for most folders
."WHAT’S IN MILITEC-1?
MILITEC-1 is a chemically-reacted synthetic-based hydrocarbon derivative. At the start of the manufacturing process, MILITEC-1 is composed of a blend of several extreme pressure lubricants, natural anti-corrosion ingredients, extremely stable chlorate esters, anti-wear components, and anti-oxidant compounds. This blend is then introduced into a chemical reactor. When MILITEC-1 emerges from our proprietary chemical reaction process, it is no longer a blend. It has been organically bound into a unique, pure, uniform single substance. In its finished form, MILITEC-1 is completely stable, so it does not require agitation before use.
Just as important as knowing what’s in MILITEC-1 is knowing what isn’t. MILITEC-1 does not contain chlorinated paraffins, PTFE, fluorine, solvents, carrier oils, viscosity enhancers, metals, molybdenum disulfide, zinc, sulfur, graphite powders or other solids. It’s also important to realize that MILITEC-1 is non-hazardous, non-toxic, and non-combustible. It is so safe that MILITEC-1 was even approved environmentally by the U.S. Navy Medical Command for use aboard nuclear-powered submarines."
via their site
That being said, we don't have any on board. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to buy my own, lol.
That being said, we don't have any on board. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to buy my own, lol.
really? I thought if you go to their site troops get a free supply o.o
ps. if i read into your comment correctly, and it means your working for the navy, Thank you for your services!
pss. same tox green kraid?
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Nice, only confirms what I had been doing for the past few years [mixing oil + grease] for best effects for most folders
"WHATS IN MILITEC-1?
MILITEC-1 is a chemically-reacted synthetic-based hydrocarbon derivative. At the start of the manufacturing process, MILITEC-1 is composed of a blend of several extreme pressure lubricants, natural anti-corrosion ingredients, extremely stable chlorate esters, anti-wear components, and anti-oxidant compounds. This blend is then introduced into a chemical reactor. When MILITEC-1 emerges from our proprietary chemical reaction process, it is no longer a blend. It has been organically bound into a unique, pure, uniform single substance. In its finished form, MILITEC-1 is completely stable, so it does not require agitation before use.
Just as important as knowing whats in MILITEC-1 is knowing what isnt. MILITEC-1 does not contain chlorinated paraffins, PTFE, fluorine, solvents, carrier oils, viscosity enhancers, metals, molybdenum disulfide, zinc, sulfur, graphite powders or other solids. Its also important to realize that MILITEC-1 is non-hazardous, non-toxic, and non-combustible. It is so safe that MILITEC-1 was even approved environmentally by the U.S. Navy Medical Command for use aboard nuclear-powered submarines."
via their site
Thanks for that...although I gotta admit I am having a hard time following that. Lots of big words and none of them say silicone based.
That's me, brother! :buddies: I also recognize your name from there.
Now that you mention it, I think that you're absolutely right. I do remember that after I bought mine, I found out that active duty could get a free small bottle. I had forgotten about that. What I really meant was that although it's safe, we don't carry it onboard or use it in any official capacity. I suppose that they just mean that we don't consider it an atmosphere contaminant. There are lots of things not allowed onboard, due to the nature of our recycled air. Aerosol, shoe polish, OC spray, butane and the like. Sorry, I'm totally derailing the thread.
On the subject, does anyone offer a pre-mixed lube? Or does Kai intend to in the future?