Knife Lubricant

[mattcantwin]

I picked up a second Para 3.

The first one, a Para3 LW, had great action out of the box.

The second one is stiff and needs lubrication.

I checked around the web and seems like mineral oil may be my best bet as I want a food safe product.


It has a coated blade; not sure if that factors in to the decision.





Seems like there are plenty of knife guys here to provide advice.

[BBK357]

I use mineral oil on my traditional knives, especially ones that have high carbon steel like GEC.

But for regular knife action I use Frog Lube, Rem Oil or the Chris Reeve lube.

The only one I know is food safe is Frog Lube.

[Erratic101]

I use Wilson combat gun oil

Edit: I see “food safe”. Well I have cut food with those knives and have eaten said food and am still here to make this post!

[tyd450]

I like KPL( knife pivot lube) or nano oil if I want to oil a pivot. Except on my Chris Reeves, I use the provided grease on those.

Mineral oil will work too if you already have that.

Mineral oil will also work if you notice that the black coating on your blade is looking a little chalky or marked up. Applying a thin coat of it all over the blade with a paper towel will make the blade look new again. That coating Spyderco uses is pretty bomb proof- there were a few times where I swore I scratched it but the mark just rubbed off with some mineral oil

[DON]

Maybe the screw is too tight

DON

[mattcantwin]

Maybe the screw is too tight

DON

Thanks, Don; I'll loosen it a bit.

[streetracer101]

KPL and Gunny are the two more popular brands in the blade communities. Gunny is owned by a really nice guy/enthusiast. KPL's owner is a bit of a tool.

[nweash]

Frog lube for guns and knives. That smell is minty but my nose has blended gun powder and that smell together.