Knife Polish and Lubricants

Knife Polish Assures a Long Knife Life

Knife polish and knife lubricants are imperative supplies for knife care and maintenance.  Whether you have a growing knife collection, a high quality kitchen knives set, or just a favorite utility knife, taking a little extra time to clean, polish and oil your knife will help prevent rust and assure your knives will stay in the best working and display condition for many years of good use. 

Knife Polish For a Variety of Applications

At eBladeStore.com you'll find premium metal, sword, and knife polishes, knife lubricants, and cleaners containing the highest quality ingredients with corrosion inhibitors and oils for a variety of applications.  Our synthetic lubricants contain corrosion inhibitors, lubricity additives and mist suppressants.  All oil lubricants are performance proven and can be used on both ferrous and nonferrous metals.

How To Polish Your Knives

Keep your knives in tip top condition by keeping the blades dry.  Wipe fingerprints, residue and moisture off after each use with a soft all cotton cloth or chamois. This is particularly important with blades made of high carbon steel after each use.  The best clothes to use for this is:

• Tuf-Cloth.  The Tuf-Cloth offers revolutionary protection against rust, friction and wear for knives, firearms and all kinds of sports gear. The Tuf-Cloth provides long lasting, lint free cleaning, lubrication and protection.
• Miracle Cloth.  The Miracle Cloth is an all purpose polishing cloth that replaces a full shelf of liquid, paste and powder cleaners. Ideal for home, shop or office. Over 1001 uses.

Tarnishing or oxidation is a normal property of carbon steel and cannot be avoided. This normal oxidation or tarnish actually helps protect the knife from rust and will have blue gray tones, rather than rust red tones.  Applying a couple drops of any quality knife lubricant or silicon treatment to the blade with a soft all cotton cloth after each use will provide excellent protection.

Knife Lubricants Suggested by Knife Professionals

The following lubricants are suggested for use as the top lubricants for your personal knife care:

• Hi-Slip Grease Synthetic. This synthetic is specifically designed to perform from -65° to the hottest desert temperatures. Lubricates and protects all types of metals including titanium, even under high load. Net 12 cc. Syringe applicator.
• T12 Oil.  T12 oil is a quality lubricant and rust preventative oil. It reduces friction, wear, corrosion and debris attachment. 2 oz. aerosol bottle. Made in U.S.A.
• Smooth Kote Dry Lubricant. This is a dry lubricant and bore treatment. A revolutionary, fast-drying blend of solid lubricants. Provides a smooth, durable non-stick surface, replacing oils and silicones. 1/2 oz. bottle with precision applicator tip.

Knife Care Tips

More industrious cleaning should be done at least several times a year, or more often for high use knives.  Here are some tips:

• Clean stainless steel blades in dishwashing liquid and warm water, not hot! Rinse well and allow to thoroughly air dry.
• Clean carbon steel blades in warm water and baking soda, rinse well and dry thoroughly immediately.
• Apply knife lubricant to folding blades at the hinges of the blade.
• Apply knife polish with and buff to the blades original shine.

Check your knives often for possible trouble spots. If you see tarnish or oxidation develop with reddish tones, this is the start of rust and should be cleaned as quickly as possible. If any stains appear, try removing the stain or tarnish with a standard metal cleaner, such as Metal Glo, or a good knife polish. Blades of most stainless steels used in knives are not rustproof but are rust or stain resistance. So therefore stainless steel blades should still be kept clean and wiped dry after use.

When not in use, store knives and leather sheaths separately because leather does absorb moisture and can rust your blade. Tanning salts and acids present in the leather can rust or tarnish steel. Keep leather sheaths limber with leather preservative or mink oil.

Knife Polishes Suggested by Knife Professional

Super Premium Polishing Paste

A direct replacement for Metal Glo and Simichrome polishing pastes. The Super Premium Knife Polishing Paste is a premium quality polishing paste which removes oxidation, tarnish, surface rust, water spots, tars and oils-leaving a brilliant protective coating that lasts for months. Use to clean, protect and polish knives, jewelry, guns, cookware, silverware and more. This Super Premium Knife Polishing Paste is packaged in a 1.75 ounce tube. Made in the USA.

Polishing Paste 12 Pack

A premium polishing paste, perfect for cleaning and polishing any metal surface. Can be used to polish stainless and carbon steel, brass, gold, silver, chrome, copper and many other hard surfaces. Each tube contains 1.75 oz. (Not recommended for anodized, gun blued, or other thin plated surfaces, such as blade etches. Comes with Merchandiser Stand.

Metal Glo - Single Tube

Metal Glo Premium Polishing Paste (1 tube is 1.75 oz.) is perfect for cleaning and polishing any metal surface! Can be used on stainless and carbon steel, brass, gold, silver, chrome, copper, and many other hard surfaces.Made in USA.

Knife Polishes and Lubricants Care Kits   

For convenience, eBladeStore.com offers some outstanding knife care kits that contain everything you need to clean and polish your knife, sword, or tools in one easy kit.  The Case Knife Care Kit offers everything you need in a convenient carrying kit and The sword cleaning kit is specifically for swords and a great gift for sword collector.