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For all you carbon steel junkies who have been wiping down their blades with paper towels, cotton balls or Q-Tips soaked in camellia oil, and getting it all over your hands and everywhere else, here's a little gadget Jon sells that will make your life so much easier - the Tsubaki Oil Stick.
I'd seen it on JKI a few months ago, but it never seemed to come back into stock, so I emailed Jon about getting one. Two days later, a package arrived on my doorstep, and inside was a package with Sara's familiar (to most of us) elegant black tissue wrapping:
Inside was the oil stick:
Unscrewing the top revealed the wick:
A top view:
It's not a tiny bottle, as this pic with a soda can for reference shows:
No squeezing is required, just wipe the knife blade (or razor for those of us with a straight razor problem as well as a knife problem) and a film of oil is perfectly applied.
These little jewels are still marked as "out of stock", but if you are interested in one, PM or email Jon.
BTW, here's the link to JKI: http://www.japaneseknifeimports.com/other-items/other-products/tsubaki-oil-stick.html
Rick
I'd seen it on JKI a few months ago, but it never seemed to come back into stock, so I emailed Jon about getting one. Two days later, a package arrived on my doorstep, and inside was a package with Sara's familiar (to most of us) elegant black tissue wrapping:
Inside was the oil stick:
Unscrewing the top revealed the wick:
A top view:
It's not a tiny bottle, as this pic with a soda can for reference shows:
No squeezing is required, just wipe the knife blade (or razor for those of us with a straight razor problem as well as a knife problem) and a film of oil is perfectly applied.
These little jewels are still marked as "out of stock", but if you are interested in one, PM or email Jon.
BTW, here's the link to JKI: http://www.japaneseknifeimports.com/other-items/other-products/tsubaki-oil-stick.html
Rick