All folding knives have a pivot sometimes with bearings and sometimes with bushings.
I have tested many oils from the expensive "snake oil" type products to synthetic motor oil to some group II and group iv PAO base stock oils.
They all appear to work very well.
If I were to bottle a few thousand 15ml dropper bottles to give away as knife oil what would be the "best" oil available in bulk, to use?
I am not really looking into doing any blending or doing lots of R&D to come up with the next best product.
Motor oil has additive packages already added which would not be needed for this application.
Fully synthetic oils would seem a bit of a waste for this low tech purpose but it would be a nice claim to make.
Maybe just one of the friction modifier packages bottled neat?
Odorless would be preferable.
At room temperature what is the type of oil with the most lubricity?
I have tested many oils from the expensive "snake oil" type products to synthetic motor oil to some group II and group iv PAO base stock oils.
They all appear to work very well.
If I were to bottle a few thousand 15ml dropper bottles to give away as knife oil what would be the "best" oil available in bulk, to use?
I am not really looking into doing any blending or doing lots of R&D to come up with the next best product.
Motor oil has additive packages already added which would not be needed for this application.
Fully synthetic oils would seem a bit of a waste for this low tech purpose but it would be a nice claim to make.
Maybe just one of the friction modifier packages bottled neat?
Odorless would be preferable.
At room temperature what is the type of oil with the most lubricity?