XPost: alt.guns, sci.chem   
   From: tombiasi@optonline.net   
      
   "Frank"  wrote in message news:ivnt1o$f15$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 7/14/2011 6:33 PM, RichD wrote:   
   > I have a folder knife, one of several. in my   
   > trouser pocket at all times.   
   >   
   > I wonder if it should be cleaned following each use,   
   > like one would do with a blue steel gun.  Is that   
   > necessary? What's the recommended solvent?   
   >   
   > --   
   > Rich   
      
   I wash my Buck folding hunter with soap and water after using for field   
   dressing then dry and give a squirt of WD40 after resharpening if needed.   
      
      
   I often gut fish with my pocket knife. I just rinse it off in the lake. When   
   I get home I put a small drop of oil in the pivot.   
   I wouldn't use WD40, it will eventually gum up. It's great stuff for water   
   displacement but is not a good long term lube.   
   Just my $.02   
      
   Tom   
      
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