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**fubyFrery** · 03-02-2009, 04:44 PM

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Just one note of warning: DO NOT USE CHOJI OIL ON SHINAI! Choji oil is clove oil, used to maintain Japanese swords. It smells nice, but it is acutally highly toxic.

Actually Choji oil is 90+% pure mineral oil with a very small percentage of clove oil to give it a scent.
Neither mineral oil nor clove oil is toxic, but mineral oil is a laxative.
Pure clove oil will rust a blade.

The clove oil was added in old Japan so the Samurai wife could differentiate the cooking oil from the sword oil and not give Mr. Samurai the runs.

Try to imagine keiko after a pound of epsom salts.
Who gets to clean the dojo floor?

Oh yes, another Olive oil on the shinai

03-02-2009, 04:44 PM	#22
fubyFrery Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	..snip.. Just one note of warning: DO NOT USE CHOJI OIL ON SHINAI! Choji oil is clove oil, used to maintain Japanese swords. It smells nice, but it is acutally highly toxic. Actually Choji oil is 90+% pure mineral oil with a very small percentage of clove oil to give it a scent. Neither mineral oil nor clove oil is toxic, but mineral oil is a laxative. Pure clove oil will rust a blade. The clove oil was added in old Japan so the Samurai wife could differentiate the cooking oil from the sword oil and not give Mr. Samurai the runs. Try to imagine keiko after a pound of epsom salts. Who gets to clean the dojo floor? Oh yes, another Olive oil on the shinai
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