> Peter Aitken wrote:
>
SNIPAGE
>> Olive oil will go rancid - there's no getting around it. Just because you
>> did not notice it does not mean it did not happen. Mineral oil is the
>> accepted and preferred method.
>
>
Bob (this one) wrote:
> I've heard this for the last 30 years and for the last 30 years, I've
> used any oil that was at hand including olive, canola, soy, peanut,
> walnut or whatever. I wash my boards after using them and re-oil as
> needed (about 3 times a year). They smell clean. They're not sticky,
> they're not smelly. They're just fine.
>
> Pastorio
>

IMO it's the washing and cleaning the keep them going,
along with an occasional oiling, not the oil.
Keep them clean, and oil them with any common cooking oil,
or mineral oil, and they'll last. Wooden knife handles too.

Dave S