Thread: razor oil - need some advice

I got my first str8 a month ago its a carbon steel blade. its all bright and shiny im thinking to my self this cant be carbon steel its too shiny. at work I deal with a lot of deferent metals and this dose not look like any carbon steel I have seen and a week ago I say some dark spots on my razor and went yep that's carbon steel. its not near the cutting edge nothing I cant polish out on my own. im in need of some thing to oil my razor with I read here that Camellia oil is best but I need something I can find locally. mineral oil might be my only option for now but what about gun oil? I have hoper's elite on have the bottle said biodegradable/non-flammable that leads me to believe it dose not have any petroleum distillates in it and should be safe to use but im not 100%. dose any one know any thing about this?

i use ballistol. a while back i purchased the "pen appplicator" version, which works great.

hmm forgot to Google the MSDS (material safety data sheet)
http://www.copquest.com/knowledgebas...un_Cleaner.pdf
I don't think I want to use gun oil on a razor that is going on my face

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...our-razor.html

this might be useful.

Balistol is a very good choice always apply with a aplicator not your finger because you can transfer moisture that way, I use 3M pure silicone spray that contains no petrolium products so good for giving your scales a spray as well.

I would think something recommended for leather like neatsfoot oil or mink oil would be a good choice. The oil will eventually find its way onto your strop and won't deteriorate it over time.