Camillia Oil

[Bulldog1964]

I read that Tony Bose Suggested to put Camillia Oil on your knifes to protect them...I am looking for opinions on this...

Thanks...

[Gr8Scout]

Tony Bose must be an idiot. Why not just use the basic ingredient of 'Japanese Sword Oil' and Camillia oil? Regular old, from the drugstore, cheap... Food grade mineral oil. Besides, the Camillia oil merely adds a scent to things like Sword Oil.

[redferd]

Fade Stretch Marks w/ Camellia Oil, but pure raves ...they claim it's better than Emu, better than rice oil, better than Olive Oil. This is what I found but I still don't know exactly what it is?

[edgy46]

According to my sweet Sharron (resident spell checker and grammarian) camellia is a flower. Rose oil is made from rose petals,so could this be made from camellia petals. Just a guess.

[Hukk]

There is more than Camellia species, some are ornamental and there is the species Camellia sinensis from which Black, Green, Oolong, and White teas are made. Same Camelia plant but different processing techniques.

From this Camelia and others comes Camelia seed oil used in cooking and another medicinal tea oil is Camelia Tree Oil.

I have no idea which oil Tony Bose is talking about. There are so many oils produced in Asian countries no one could possibly keep track of them all. Some for cooking, medicinal, and health.

[jonet143]

with oriental sword oils, tradition is a big factor. taken to a religious level. the oils used often have a flowery odor and are used both for function and tradition. this is my understanding, perhaps one of the sword guys has a better explanation. i personally avoid any oils with additives. rem oil and mineral oil work great for me.

[Hukk]

I was thinking it was with the Japanese swords, maybe Greg can fill us in.

[jonet143]

maybe oriental is too broad. wikpedia includes japan as oriental. from their site.

In time, the common understanding of 'the Orient' has continually shifted eastwards; as Europe learned of countries farther East, the defined limit of 'the Orient' shifted eastwards, until it reached the Pacific Ocean, in what Westerners came to call 'the Far East'.

Initially, the "Orient" referred primarily to the cultures and countries of what are now considered the Middle East. For example the Three Kings of the Orient in Christianity were not from China, Japan etc. This particularly included regions that used to be known as Persia, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Egypt. As awareness of other Asian countries grew in European consciousness, the term often came to mean South Asia, Southeast Asia or East Asia. By the late 19th century, the term usually referred to China, Japan, Korea and surrounding nations while the British colonists frequently used it when speaking of India. Remnants of the older conception of the Orient still exist in the English language in such collocations as Oriental studies (now largely replaced by Asian studies), Oriental rug and Oriental harem. It has taken on a specific usage since the publication of Edward Said's influential book, "Orientalism" (1980).

"Oriental" has been used by the West as a term to describe cultures, countries, peoples and goods from the Orient. Oriental is also used as an adjective akin to "eastern", especially in the Spanish-speaking world. For example, the Philippine island Mindoro is divided into two provinces whose titles include the words "oriental" and "occidental" respectively. The official name of Uruguay is the República Oriental del Uruguay or Oriental Republic of Uruguay because it is east of the Río de la Plata[1].

at any rate, my point being that fragrant oils were used on swords as part of tradition.