What is a good all around oil to use on knives?

[billyO]

A lot of makers (myself included) use camelia (tea seed) oil on kitchen knives.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

I've been using Olive Oil on our kitchen knives. So far so good.

my understanding is that olive oil can go rancid. A different choice is walnut oil , it doesn't.

 

[Sean Jones]

my understanding is that olive oil can go rancid. A different choice is walnut oil , it doesn't.

I'll check it out. What I do with the Olive oil is put it on and then basically wipe almost all of it off. My carbon steel knives have developed a nice patina sans rust. But that does make sense.

 

[Just a random dude.]

I been using food grade mineral oil because it is easy to apply, food safe, and won't go rancid.

 

[MTBob]

Based on Kevin's recommendation some time ago, I use Ballistol on all my machinery, lathe, mill, etc. It works.
Plus, a little dab behind the ears keeps mosquitoes away!

 

[opaul]

Based on Kevin's recommendation some time ago, I use Ballistol on all my machinery, lathe, mill, etc. It works.
Plus, a little dab behind the ears keeps mosquitoes away!

I’m sure it does. That stuff stinks. But it is good stuff. I use it on my firearms.

 

[Just a random dude.]

I’m sure it does. That stuff stinks. But it is good stuff. I use it on my firearms.

May I ask how do you remove it? Is there an easier way? I had an old Yugo AK47 bayonet covered in it and it took me over 2 days to get all that off.

 

[opaul]

May I ask how do you remove it? Is there an easier way? I had an old Yugo AK47 bayonet covered in it and it took me over 2 days to get all that off.

You must be thinking about cosmoline.

 

[Just a random dude.]

You must be thinking about cosmoline.

Yes sir. I had a tough time removing the Cosmoline from my Bayonet. Especially in the parts that were internal and small crevices.

 

[opaul]

Yes sir. I had a tough time removing the Cosmoline from my Bayonet. Especially in the parts that were internal and small crevices.

Ballistol - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Just a random dude.]

Ballistol - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Gotcha. I got em confused. My apologies. With that said. I hope Ballistol is easier to deal with than Cosmoline.
I feel like an idiot now lol.

 

[bladegrinder]

Watch what you put that stuff on, years ago I was at a knife show and a guy had a table hawking Ballistol as the 8th wonder of the world.
he convinced a maker to try it on his satin finished micarta handles, quite a few people agreed it turned that handle from nice to crappy looking
in mere seconds. he made that guy buy that knife.
Personally...I don't care for the way it smells and after having a can in my shop for years I finally threw it out because I couldn't stand the smell any longer.
If there was nothing else available I'd use it but man does it got it's own kind of stench.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

And you're blaming the balistol ? That's your story and you're sticking to it, huh? !!!

 

[bladegrinder]

And you're blaming the balistol ? That's your story and you're sticking to it, huh? !!!

I know what a bad stink is, and that stuffs got it!

 

[REK Knives]

I use wd40 lcti... In my testing it's one of the best

 

[Casey Brown]

I use wd40 lcti... In my testing it's one of the best

That is really interesting. What is the product 3rd row, 2nd from the left, and top row middle? They also appears to be very clean.

 

[MTBob]

WD40 only has 2 uses, in this order:
1) spray on fishing lures (it works!)
And when nothing else is available,
2) cutting lubricant on aluminum
Other than those uses, I never spray it on any machined surface.

 

[billyO]

spray on fishing lures (it works!)

But I would humbly ask all who do this to pause a moment and think long and hard about the potential negative environmental impacts before doing this.
How many of us would add something like this to their livestock feed before butchering?
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[REK Knives]

That is really interesting. What is the product 3rd row, 2nd from the left, and top row middle? They also appears to be very clean.

That's xcp rust block

 

[MTBob]

But I would humbly ask all who do this to pause a moment and think long and hard about the potential negative environmental impacts for the environment before doing this again.
How many of us would add something like this to their livestock feed before butchering?
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That's a great comment! No feathers ruffled here.