VM, Welcome to ScrapYardia! The land of the best made toughest best guaranteed knives in the business! I agree about the water. Not anywhere near as messy and you can find water almost anywhere, why you can even spit on it (Yeah I'm that old). But most places recommend oil and I have just kinda gone along with the flow.

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