Best lubes/oils for pivot?

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Just wondering what you guys think are some good choices for lubricants to oil up the pivots of my folders. I got some Remington Drilube which I heard was decent stuff for this purpose but to be honest, it's awful. It makes the pivot stiffer and makes it harder to deploy the blade. Kinda the opposite of what I was hoping for obviously.

I know Benchmade makes an oil formula, and I've heard Tuf Glide is good. I read somewhere that "3 in 1" was ok also.

Anyone have any experiences with any of these? Anything else that works well?
 
I happen to like Marine Tuf-Glide. I use it on certain firearms as well as some of my knives. I'm also a big fan of Breakfree CLP.
 
As far as lubrication goes, Nano Oil. Not the best protection, but the best lubrication Ive tried.
 
Tuf glide in my experience works best on knives you can dissasemble, simply because it doesn't lubricate very well until it dries, and in a closed pivot that can take a day or more. I happen to prefer weaponshield CLP for most things, it has a really good combination of slipperyness and corrosion protection and it smells nice. As far as "best" that probably goes to Krytox oils and greases. This is a bit inaccurate as they're chemically different, but it's easiest to think of them as a truly liquid form of teflon, as opposed to some regular oil or grease with normal solid teflon particles in them like almost all teflon based lubricants are. The nano particle based lubricants have gotten some good reviews lately as well.
 
I find generic oil from an oiling can in a machine shop does better than tuffglide. I use tuffglide for corrosion protection only. I use 10 weight Nano oil in pivots, BRILLIANT lubricant
 
Hey thanks for the replies. Maybe I should have mentioned that I would prefer a lube that doesn't attract dirt and lint. How do these nano lubes do against build up of that stuff?
 
Almost any liquid on the surface will attract dust, regardless of how must it costs or what the manufacturer claims. The trick is that the only oil that matters is the oil between the moving parts, apply the smallest amount you can and wipe off any excess (I use a folded paper towel for this). Any oil you can see on the surface isn't where it needs to be to lubricate, it's just a dust magnet.
 
Another product I was told about is M-Pro 7 gun oil. I looked it up and it sounds really promising. Anybody ever heard of it? I've heard great things about the CRK grease now that it's been mentioned. Really leaning towards that or the Benchmade lube. Mostly because a lot of the products mentioned here might not be available in my area and I would have to order online. Shipping cost pretty much doubles the price of the product. The blue lube however is available at a local knife store in town. But first I'm gonna check out some other local stores and see what's actually available to me. A lot of the products mentioned here sound really good.

Btw I love blade forums. I'm pretty new here but my experience thus far has been fantastic. Everyone is extremely helpful it's amazing. Thanks guys.
 
I recently bought some M-Pro 7 at Wally World and it seems to work very well as a lubricant. I don't have any issues with rust as I live in a dry environment, but we will see how it does with dust repelling. But as far as a lube :thumbup: for me!
 
White Lightning is a liquid wax product that does not attract debris. I believe it is made for bicycle chains.
As far as lubrication, you can use any lubricant.
 
jjoanty01 said:
I recently bought some M-Pro 7 at Wally World and it seems to work very well as a lubricant. I don't have any issues with rust as I live in a dry environment, but we will see how it does with dust repelling. But as far as a lube :thumbup: for me!
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I'm extremely glad to hear that because it's available to me as well locally. Even more so because I was wondering specifically how well it worked as a lubricant. As a protectant against corrosion, it is apparently excellent. I was reading a review where someone tested it against some other well known products to directly compare their ability to prevent corrosion.

Here's an excerpt from the review about the test performed and the results:

"I did a saltwater corrosion test with a 5% saltwater solution sprayed on nickel-plated steel fasteners. I tested LPX against other products such as Weapons Shield, Otis Dry Lube, Frog Lube, BreakFree CLP, Mobil 1, and Militec-1. Everything except the LPX-coated fastener developed within 3 days of being sprayed with saltwater. I did the test in April, it is now the end of June and the LPX fastener has just started developing surface rust within the last week."

I now know what product I'm gonna try out :)
 
I have tried lots of stuff over the years, but don't have a top favorite. One thing I don't think I saw mentioned was Benchmade Blue Lube.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
White Lightning is a liquid wax product that does not attract debris. I believe it is made for bicycle chains.
As far as lubrication, you can use any lubricant.
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I just read customer reviews on what Bill recommended and it sounds great.
 
I was using Ballistol for years. It wasn't too thick, so it lubricated well and it wouldn't gunk up. I could use it often because it was cheap, rust protecting and non-toxic, which is important if you use your knife for food prepping. It's convenient to use the same oil for pivot and blade.

These days I'm using Benchmade Blue Lube. I poked a tiny hole with a hot needle through the nozzle. That way I can better dose the amount of oil dripping out.
Before usage, I like to put the bottle on my CPU fan to warm up the oil. That way the oil gets better in the nooks and crannies and it dosen't drip out of the pivot once it cools down. I hate when oil drips out before it reaches the pivot.
 
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I have tried a bunch! In my unscientific flickability tests nano oil worked the best.
 
testosterone325 said:
Another product I was told about is M-Pro 7 gun oil. I looked it up and it sounds really promising. Anybody ever heard of it? I've heard great things about the CRK grease now that it's been mentioned. Really leaning towards that or the Benchmade lube. Mostly because a lot of the products mentioned here might not be available in my area and I would have to order online. Shipping cost pretty much doubles the price of the product. The blue lube however is available at a local knife store in town. But first I'm gonna check out some other local stores and see what's actually available to me. A lot of the products mentioned here sound really good.

Btw I love blade forums. I'm pretty new here but my experience thus far has been fantastic. Everyone is extremely helpful it's amazing. Thanks guys.
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Order some lubrication on a knife website (ex: BladeHQ) and just buy some knives at the same time till you reach that $100 free shipping. I like to stock up on cleaning or sharpening items when ever I am buying knives, saves on shipping costs. If you are willing to spend the money to do that, but hey the worst thing is you have a few extra blades around that you bought to get over that $100 limit for free shipping.
 
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