Aug 2, 2014 · Oil works, soaps and water work, and I suppose water also works. I personally use the soap and water because it's so much easier for most of my sharpening that I do to my kitchen knives.

Apr 12, 2009 · Whats the best honing oil thats a decent price and that is readily available to use on a lansky sharpening system

Jan 13, 2010 · Is it necessary to use honing oil specifically when sharpening your knives with an oil stone? Couldn't oil like is 3 in 1 or gun oil be suitable? A light mineral oil will do the trick and is the …

Apr 18, 2011 · When looking for an oil to use on your hone, the weight of the oil is the most important thing. Too heavy or light, and it won't float swarf properly and--as you mentioned--can clog or …

Mar 7, 2006 · The dedicated honing oils may be mainly mineral oil, but they seem to be much thinner than the mineral oil you can buy at the grocery store. I've tried using the pure store bought mineral oil …

Jun 6, 2000 · do all of you guys use only honing oil or are there other forms of oil you guys use that happens to be laying around the house?

Mar 14, 2020 · The breakdown in logic, with some mfrs recommendation not to use oil on diamond hones, comes with the assumption it'll clog the hone. That might only happen if the hone is seldom …

Dec 5, 2001 · I did a search on sharpening oil and found members using: WD-40/diluted dish soap/Kerosene/olive oil/light mineral oil/baby oil/standard engine oil/water/dry etc. I'm a little skeptical …

Apr 20, 2018 · Honing oil is just highly refined mineral oil. The food grade stuff is a little thicker but no biggy. And you can find it in the pharmacy section of your local grocery store. But, there is absolutely …

Oct 9, 1998 · While it sounds as though Norton honing oil is pure mineral oil and therefore OK to use as a lubricant, I don't see any reason why you would want to use it for that purpose. FP-10, Break-Free …