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    I oiled a blade I was restoring once with camellia oil and it ran into the pivot area. I got most of the excess out with tissues and went off to lunch. When I went to unpin it an hour or so later, I found that the oil had soaked into the bone scales, discolored them, and softened them way more than I would have thought possible. Neither scale survived the unpinning, although I had no trouble at all on the wedge (dry) side. Not an everyday occurrence, but you should definitely be wary of how oil will interact with the scale material if you are thinking of oiling the pivot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sqzbxr View Post
    I oiled a blade I was restoring once with camellia oil and it ran into the pivot area. I got most of the excess out with tissues and went off to lunch. When I went to unpin it an hour or so later, I found that the oil had soaked into the bone scales, discolored them, and softened them way more than I would have thought possible. Neither scale survived the unpinning, although I had no trouble at all on the wedge (dry) side. Not an everyday occurrence, but you should definitely be wary of how oil will interact with the scale material if you are thinking of oiling the pivot.
    It seems I have read somewhere on this website not to use camellia oil.
    As i have mentioned, I use Tuf-Glide but I think ballistic & Eezox are good also although I haven't tried those, I've heard nothing but good about them. To keep the rest of my blade from rusting, I use the Straight Razor Oil SRD sells.
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    I use TUF-GLIDE on my pivot areas. I also wipe the blade down too. So far, so good!
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    I add a drop of oil to the pivot area of my non-Ivory razors, and it hasn't hurt anything yet. I take care to keep the pivot dry, but water does seem to get in the pivot area at times...

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    Engine 46, I use Eezox too, on all my guns, knives, etc.

    Far as Ivory goes, Mineral oil preserves Ivory, I have seen whole Mammoth tusks soaking in mineral oil, For what it's worth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FAL View Post
    Engine 46, I use Eezox too, on all my guns, knives, etc.

    Far as Ivory goes, Mineral oil preserves Ivory, I have seen whole Mammoth tusks soaking in mineral oil, For what it's worth.
    Come to think of it, I have never lubed any of my Ivory scaled razors Dave.

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