Anybody know the best way to renew wood knife handles?

[jerrybob]

Thanks all for the helpful responses....I will pick up some FOOD GRADE mineral oil tomorrow...at my age I can probably use the stuff for purposes other than the knife handles. Thought I would post a pic of one of the knives...it shows how badly dried out the handles are. The other knife is a 1976 vintage Chicago Cutlery brand made to celebrate the Bicentennial...it has been washed at least 200 times (pun intended) but never in a dishwasher.

You got a great deal on the knife set......that mineral oil will make em look new......have fun! Send us an "after" picture.:thumbsup:

 

[tcreeley]

I still like the linseed oil!

 

[forgeblast]

The mineral oil will not be slippery.....just apply and wipe it off....works great.

I would have to also say go with the mineral oil. You can find it at any grocery store in the pharmacy section, I use it on all the utensils I carve.

 

[LJH]

... the utensils I carve.

Pictures???

 

[crash325]

I'm posting this just for fun. But it is good information.

Once cured it is not sticky or slippery. Anyone that has an older quality rifle, chances are it was sealed & protected by linseed oil.

Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil, is a colorless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried ripe seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum, Linaceae). The oil is obtained by pressing, sometimes followed by solvent extraction. Due to its high levels of α-Linolenic acid (a particular form of Omega-3 fatty acid), it is used as a nutritional supplement.

Linseed oil is a "drying oil", as it can polymerize into a solid form. Due to its polymer-forming properties, linseed oil is used on its own or blended with other oils, resins, and solvents as an impregnator and varnish in wood finishing, as a pigment binder in oil paints, as a plasticizer and hardener in putty and in the manufacture of linoleum. The use of linseed oil has declined over the past several decades with the increased use of synthetic alkyd resins, which function similarly but resist yellowing.[1]

Linseed oil is an edible oil marketed as a nutritional supplement. In parts of Europe, it is traditionally eaten with potatoes and quark (cheese). It is regarded as a delicacy due to its hearty taste, which spices the bland quark.[2]

Have fun with that Mineral oil. After a good swig :licking: of it head toe Porcelain Thrown :laughing:

 

[Redbug]

So linseed is like cotton seed oil? I have always wondered about that. Can they be used interchangably?

 

[crash325]

So linseed is like cotton seed oil? I have always wondered about that. Can they be used interchangably?

I don't think they are the same or very much alike. Do not think it would be very good for finishing wood. But???

Cottonseed oil has traditionally been used in foods such as potato chips and is a primary ingredient in Crisco, the shortening product.[16] But since it is significantly less expensive than olive oil or canola oil, cottonseed has started to be used in a much wider range of processed foods, including cereals, breads and snack foods. Products that say "may contain one or more of these oils" and list cottonseed, virtually always contain it.[17]


Concerns about fats and toxicity
The popular website of Dr. Andrew Weil, a doctor of integrative medicine, indicates that he "regard(s) it as unhealthy because it is too high in saturated fat and too low in monounsaturated fat."[18] His site also states: "What's more, cottonseed oil may contain natural toxins and probably has unacceptably high levels of pesticide residues (cotton is not classified as a food crop, and farmers use many agrichemicals when growing it)"[18] and this claim has been repeated by other websites.[19] However, the claim that cottonseed is not regulated as a food crop is not true. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) contains regulations for maximum pesticide residue allowed in cottonseed, as it does for all other food crops.[20] Furthermore, the natural toxin, gossypol, is eliminated in the refining process of commercially edible cottonseed oil, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has documented the lack of appreciable residues in cottonseed and cottonseed oil.[21]

 

[PILOON]

I have rubbed linseed oil onto many pieces of furniture and other items as a finish.
For best results 1st and maybe 2nd applications should be thinned as much as 50% and hand rubbing helps as does some heat.
In fact best is rub in and wipe off excess and allow to dry.
In fact the exterior walls of my log cabin were finished with linseed oil with added coating every 5-6 years.
Raw linseed is just that while boiled has driers added.

 

[Redbug]

That's very interesting Crash. I had always thought linseed and cottonseed were about the same. But they are not.

When you thin down your linseed oil, what do you use Piloon? Mineral spirits?

 

[JDgreen227]

That's very interesting Crash. I had always thought linseed and cottonseed were about the same. But they are not.

When you thin down your linseed oil, what do you use Piloon? Mineral spirits?

Yes, Redbug....I too was wondering what he uses as thinner. I still have a half-full quart can of "Mr. Thinzit" brand boiled linseed oil, and the date I stored it (indoors) is 10/89 !!! There is no mention of what one should use to thin it, but I too was thinking mineral spirits.