Oil for wooden shafts

[October]

Hi all, I'm just wondering what oil if any you folks use on wooden shafted tools.
In my case axe shafts.
I'm looking at linseed and Tung.
Any advice greatly appreciated

 

[lou1661]

I have always used BLO seems to work well.

Louis

 

[crosslandkelly]

I use boiled linseed oil, works well for me.

 

[Broch]

I have loads of different specialist wood oils, but now I just use one combination for all my woodwork, food grade, bows, or tool handles. I use mineral oil with beeswax - I don't want a slippery axe handle so mine aren't polished as finely as many. I make up a number of mixes so some are oily others more like wax polish. If I really want it to penetrate deep (and it doesn't need to be food safe) I dilute with a little paraffin for the first couple of applications.

For example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MS5GK6M/ref=twister_B09RD6N3J4?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

 

[October]

That's great. Thanks for the advice

 

[Laurentius]

Boiled linseed oil for me too.

 

[Astrochicken]

I have loads of different specialist wood oils, but now I just use one combination for all my woodwork, food grade, bows, or tool handles. I use mineral oil with beeswax - I don't want a slippery axe handle so mine aren't polished as finely as many. I make up a number of mixes so some are oily others more like wax polish. If I really want it to penetrate deep (and it doesn't need to be food safe) I dilute with a little paraffin for the first couple of applications.

For example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MS5GK6M/ref=twister_B09RD6N3J4?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

I concur, and have done likewise - it's super easy to make and I make a number of pots at the same time, as it's really cost effective for the volume you get. A little goes a long way.

This mix has so many other uses - it's a basic hand / nail / dry-skin 'cream', it nourishes wood and works as a simple wood finish, you can make a rudimentary candle if needed, and it's also the formula for my fire-lighting wax discs:
Dip cotton make-up pads into the liquid-state wax/oil whilst it's still hot. Set them aside on greaseproof paper to solidify and store a couple in a tin. The discs can be pulled apart to reveal the cotton fibres and roughly shredded into a waxy birds nest that takes no effort to ignite.