Do you oil your cutters?

[dicko]

 

Question as per title. Do you oil your cigar cutters?

Whereas many fine tools/instruments you might oil Ive never seen this for cutters...

If you do, let us know what oil you use. Was thinking a sewing machine oil or gun oil perhaps. Just a drop.

Or would this risk a claggy cutter?

 

Merry Christmas all!

 

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[El Presidente]

9 hours ago, dicko said:

Question as per title. Do you oil your cigar cutters?

Whereas many fine tools/instruments you might oil Ive never seen this for cutters...

If you do, let us know what oil you use. Was thinking a sewing machine oil or gun oil perhaps. Just a drop.

Or would this risk a claggy cutter?

 

Merry Christmas all!

I have never done it Dicko. I have sharpened blades on cutters where it is possible but I have never oiled a mechanism. 

Interested to find out if/and how others do it. 

[MrBirdman]

I haven’t either. Not sure there would be much benefit for sharpness. I could see possibly oiling the spring retention mechanism on cutters with them, but so far I’ve never needed to. 

[GVan]

It's a great question, I have a Colibri V-cut that mostly sits outside under the second floor covers porch. The release mechanism is getting stuck - been thinking about taking it apart and oiling it as well. I was planning on using the same mineral oil that you use on a wood cutting board since it's edible. Might make this on of my Christmas projects.

[BrightonCorgi]

Use cooking oil to wipe down the cutters.

[La_Tigre]

Just the tip. 

[Viva Vegas]

Sometimes you need to oil more then the tip, but thats another subject.

[MagicalBikeRide]

If I did this, it would probably count as my first pedicure 

[wjs]

Never occurred to me 

[LordAnubis]

I soak my xikar with plastic sides in vinegar then wipe down really really well with rubbing alcohol. I figure it’s not high friction just is clagged with oils etc and so better it’s super clean rather than lubricated. Obviosuly plastic sides. And frankly I don’t care what it looks like. If yours is a special wood or something then maybe jaut go to town with alcohol. 

[Rhinoww]

Interesting question. I have like @LordAnubis cleaned my v cutter but have never oiled it. We recently went to Japan and I now have some oil designed for Japanese steel knives. That oil is intended more as a rust inhibitor than anything else, but if I were to need a light coating, I would use this oil on some cotton rags for a light coat. 
the sticking I was having though was resulting in a rough cut. A clean w alcohol on the blade tip removed residue and my problem was solved. Still trying to figure out when I’ll need to send it back for sharpening but I’m likely 750’or more cuts in and all remains well. 

[GoodStix]

On 12/25/2023 at 8:07 PM, LordAnubis said:

I soak my xikar with plastic sides in vinegar then wipe down really really well with rubbing alcohol.

I clean cutters with rubbing alcohol too.  Interested to learn, why vinegar first?

[Rushman]

No. Haven’t even thought about it.



rushman

[Lt4-396]

If the cutters are using bronze bushings as many dual post V cuters use than they are "oiled" for life, aka oil impregnated bronze.

As a mechanical design engineer, I clean mine with 99.9% ISO alcohol and if it is needed, I use either tuf-oil Lub-it-8, a "dry" lubricant or another PTFE lubricant. No forces, high loads, high RPM involved with cutters so keeping it clean is more important than keeping it oiled.

Any respectable cutter will be made with 440c SS. Unless you leave it in a salt water bath, they will not rust or tarnish.

[nKostyan]

Use cooking oil to wipe down the cutters.

You can not do this, because it polymerizes

[westg]

You will have problems with oil.  Blockages mess etc. Looking at how you murder your cigars when cutting it is not the cutter it is how you are cutting them that is causing you problems.  

[LordAnubis]

On 12/26/2023 at 2:08 PM, GoodStix said:

I clean cutters with rubbing alcohol too.  Interested to learn, why vinegar first?

No other reason than to figure it might help loose the oils or whatever on there to help cleaning better. Cos rubbing alcohol evaporates in like half a second. 

[LordAnubis]

17 hours ago, westg said:

You will have problems with oil.  Blockages mess etc. Looking at how you murder your cigars when cutting it is not the cutter it is how you are cutting them that is causing you problems.  

Murdering his Hondurans is a blessing. 

[westg]

49 minutes ago, LordAnubis said:

Murdering his Hondurans is a blessing. 

So true. Sad thing is his last posting was a Cohiba.