Your favorite pivot lube?

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D4v30

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Hey Guys,

Just wondering what you guys like to use for pivot lube. Whats your favorite for knives on washers and do you prefer something different for knives on bearings?

Been looking around and there seems to be a lot of different thoughts. Some people seem to like grease, others oil, some recommend bike chain lube. I'm kinda leaning towards the bike chain lube as it should be better at not collecting dirt.

I've got a can of wd-40 bike chain lube that I'm tempted to try out but thought I'd ask before I did something horribly wrong lol
 
I still use Break Free CLP for firearms. But I switched to ALG Defense Go-Juice for knife pivots to try out. Go-Juice is said to be non-toxic. It is a very slick oil. And the grease is slick also.
 
Any thoughts on Pro-shot Zero Friction? Just looking at things I can get at a reasonable price here.
 
D4v30 said:
Any thoughts on Pro-shot Zero Friction? Just looking at things I can get at a reasonable price here.
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The cheapest way would probably be food safe mineral oil. Just clean the knife and replace the oil more often.
 
I'm not wanting to disassemble so something less viscous that will creep would be best I think, plus I don't want anything that will collect dirt. This Pro-shot stuff seems to be getting good reviews. I'm not too worried about food safe, it's just in the pivot and if there happens to be any residue that remain on the blade it would be so little as to be inconsequential.
 
D4v30 said:
I'm not wanting to disassemble so something less viscous that will creep would be best I think, plus I don't want anything that will collect dirt. This Pro-shot stuff seems to be getting good reviews. I'm not too worried about food safe, it's just in the pivot and if there happens to be any residue that remain on the blade it would be so little as to be inconsequential.
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Any knife that is used is going to need the pivot cleaned at some point. Try that zero friction oil out and see how it does. Let us know what you find out.
 
Another vote for ALG go-juice. Have been using if for over a year now and am completely satisfied with it. Slicker than snot on a door knob! Lol
It’s a biosynthetic oil and am seeing no build up nor is it attracting dirt either. I do want to get the thin grease also to check out.
 
I use Rem-oil on the traditional slipjoints and a gun grease for my CRK Mnandi.
 
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I like Krpytox grease for my sebenzas and other bronze washer knives. Be advised that it is NOT food safe however, so keep those pivots away from your food. I like Benchmade Blue Lube for most everything else.
 
sickpuppy1 said:
Another vote for ALG go-juice. Have been using if for over a year now and am completely satisfied with it. Slicker than snot on a door knob! Lol
It’s a biosynthetic oil and am seeing no build up nor is it attracting dirt either. I do want to get the thin grease also to check out.
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I have a bottle of their 0000 grease. It is very slick. I'm testing it in my firearms to see if it is a good replacement for molybdenum.
 
000Robert said:
Any knife that is used is going to need the pivot cleaned at some point. Try that zero friction oil out and see how it does. Let us know what you find out.
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This is true, I just try to do it as little as possible. It's a pain and usually results in a 30 minute hunt for a tiny washer or screw that somehow managed to find the ground.

So you guys don't find that the thin grease attracts dirt? I feel like it would be a dirt magnet.
 
D4v30 said:
This is true, I just try to do it as little as possible. It's a pain and usually results in a 30 minute hunt for a tiny washer or screw that somehow managed to find the ground.

So you guys don't find that the thin grease attracts dirt? I feel like it would be a dirt magnet.
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Get a clear thick plastic bag to open the knife inside of. It will keep things from flying away and getting lost. Sometimes I use it when putting knives and guns back together if there's a chance of something flying away. I use thick bags that I bought to store my concert t-shirts in.
In this photo I am putting the sear spring and bushing back into a Savage 110E bolt action rifle. Anyone that has done it before knows what a PITA it is. It was much easier doing it inside the bag since I didn't have to worry about finding the parts if they flew off. There's one sear bushing that I lost before using the bag that I still haven't found yet .

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I got a free bottle of Benchmade blue lube with a knife purchase several months ago and that has been lasting me for a long while. I used to use common Hoppe's number 9 gun lube which worked fine though I think the Blue Lube from benchmade is probably a bit lighter and there is less smell which is good for my purposes. I don't tend to worry too much about constantly oiling though. Basically a once in a "blue" moon if you will when I take the knife apart or notice the action on a washer based knife is lacking. I tend to carry stainless steel knives almost exclusively though so the oil is for action sake not rust prevention.
 
D4v30 said:
I'm kinda leaning towards the bike chain lube as it should be better at not collecting dirt.
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000Robert said:
The cheapest way would probably be food safe mineral oil.
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D4v30 said:
I don't want anything that will collect dirt.
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Any oil will collect dirt at some stage, some more than others, but with daily use and keeping clean and dry it won't be an issue. One of the most respected men in the knife industry, and i mean one of the most respected, recommends mineral oil, it's cheap and it works he says. I won't name him i don't want to embarrass him, but he has forgotten more about knives than i could learn in a lifetime.
 
I have heard a lot of people say mineral oil is good but I've seen some day it doesn't last. I know a lot of old timers used Hoppe's no9, seems readily available but I guess I'm just after something a little more advanced. Though I'm sure I'm over thinking it. Biggest problem I'm running into is just finding something easily available in Canada that isn't grossly overpriced because that's how it goes here.
 
D4v30 said:
Though I'm sure I'm over thinking it. Biggest problem I'm running into is just finding something easily available in Canada that isn't grossly overpriced because that's how it goes here.
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I know exactly where you are coming from. All things knife and gun frightfully expensive here. :)
 
D4v30 said:
I have heard a lot of people say mineral oil is good but I've seen some day it doesn't last. I know a lot of old timers used Hoppe's no9, seems readily available but I guess I'm just after something a little more advanced. Though I'm sure I'm over thinking it. Biggest problem I'm running into is just finding something easily available in Canada that isn't grossly overpriced because that's how it goes here.
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There should be someone in Canada that sells Go-Juice. Try some firearm stores. Go-Juice is supposed to work good in freezing temperatures also.
 
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