keris oil

BSMStar · 29th May 2006, 06:43 PM

You may all be aware, and this is not a traditional oil (in Keris circles)... Clove oil works very well, smells good and will not tarnish a steel blade.

nechesh · 30th May 2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BSMStar

You may all be aware, and this is not a traditional oil (in Keris circles)... Clove oil works very well, smells good and will not tarnish a steel blade.

Are you sure clove oil isn't corrosive???

BluErf · 30th May 2006, 03:30 PM

I think the traditional oil (choji) used to maintain japanese swords contains clove oil.

kronckew · 30th May 2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nechesh

Are you sure clove oil isn't corrosive???

i believe that the japanese have been using it to scent the oil they use on their daisho for a few centuries without ill effect. they use a few drops in mineral oil i think...

i bought a nice jar of coconut oil from boots (the chemist (pharmacy)) here a couple of years ago, still not rancid, i've used it on a few knives with reasonable results. where appropriate i use ballistol, which is a german developed general purpose cleaner/lubricant/protectant oil (mineral oil based) for guns, knives, and leather which has a pleasant scent, a bit like anise, but it does not keep the scent long. i don't use it on my malay/indonesian pamor blades though.

i recieved a couple of small bottles of keris oil along with my latest badek, when that runs out i'll get some essential oills from the bodyshop here & mix up some with the coconut oil....

BSMStar · 1st June 2006, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nechesh

Are you sure clove oil isn't corrosive???

The last bottle of sword oil I got out of Japan is identified as Clove Oil (it is the only English written on the bottle). It sure do smell like clove oil!

Japanese swords are real "finicky" as to what kind of oil you can put on them... some “everyday” machine oils can turn the blade dark - a disaster on an expensive Samurai blade (as well as... at over $100 per inch to re-polish plus shipping, and so on... you want to use the right stuff). Mineral oil is the oil of choice (on Japanese blades)... when lacking all others. But it does not have any odor.

29th May 2006, 06:43 PM	#1
BSMStar Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 312	You may all be aware, and this is not a traditional oil (in Keris circles)... Clove oil works very well, smells good and will not tarnish a steel blade.

30th May 2006, 03:30 PM	#3
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	I think the traditional oil (choji) used to maintain japanese swords contains clove oil.