Real Sperm Whale Oil?

[tenngun]

Ah yes, spotted owl fricasseed in sperm whale oil served on a table dressed with ivory utensils.

Have you tried bald eagle in that?

 

[aquinn]

Good thought, maybe add a second course of steak tartare of tasmanian tiger

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Sperm whale oil was good stuff, and chemists worked for many years to find a suitable replacement. It was an outstanding lubricant for precision machinery (including timepieces), worked well at preserving metal and wood and was also a moisture-displacing substance. I experimented with it for a while as a patch lubricant for cloth and paper patched bullets, but in that application I found it to be no better than bear or neatsfoot oil, which I currently use.