Ivan the Butcher
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I was watching too many YouTube videos about Swiss Army Knives over the last few days. So, I had mine out to go over basic care and maintenance, I noticed they looked a little grungy! I got the rubbing alcohol and olive oil. A couple of toothpicks, and Q-Tips later I got the fuzz balls and grime cleaned up.
When the wife got home, I got hers out of her purse and went to work on it. It has been in her purse since August 2000 and resides in a leather belt pouch. No fuzz balls, and no cheese residue. But some sticky gunk that was like price tag glue. It was on the scales, corkscrew, and pen knife blade, along with the sheath's steel! Elbo grease and a couple of paper napkins later I got it cleaned off!
While I was at it, I tuned up the Gerber Pocket Tool (It's from a Navy Contract in 2005 or 06) The only real cleaning was the File and the fine "teeth" on the plyer jaws. Full of some soft material that glued itself in place. I used the main blade on a Chinese copy of a SAK to scrape everything clean.
All the knives' blades and accessories were lubricated with virgin olive oil. So it is non-toxic and non-allergenic. And if I got too much on that it stained my jeans, it would wash right out.
So my older SAK is from 1978 and the younger EDC is from pre 2006, (and retired the wedding gift from my bride!) This is the first real maintenance they've had. Every blade was still razor sharp from the factory.
I do routine maintenance on my EDC revolvers, but never thought about the pocketknives.
Ivan
When the wife got home, I got hers out of her purse and went to work on it. It has been in her purse since August 2000 and resides in a leather belt pouch. No fuzz balls, and no cheese residue. But some sticky gunk that was like price tag glue. It was on the scales, corkscrew, and pen knife blade, along with the sheath's steel! Elbo grease and a couple of paper napkins later I got it cleaned off!
While I was at it, I tuned up the Gerber Pocket Tool (It's from a Navy Contract in 2005 or 06) The only real cleaning was the File and the fine "teeth" on the plyer jaws. Full of some soft material that glued itself in place. I used the main blade on a Chinese copy of a SAK to scrape everything clean.
All the knives' blades and accessories were lubricated with virgin olive oil. So it is non-toxic and non-allergenic. And if I got too much on that it stained my jeans, it would wash right out.
So my older SAK is from 1978 and the younger EDC is from pre 2006, (and retired the wedding gift from my bride!) This is the first real maintenance they've had. Every blade was still razor sharp from the factory.
I do routine maintenance on my EDC revolvers, but never thought about the pocketknives.
Ivan
