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You can use the natural oils in some woods to great advantage,and your right Crouton,is the muted luster that make hardwoods glow.
I have always strived to let the wood be what the wood wants to be....

Very true,I just have an aversion to plastic finishes on fine woods.To my eye something is missing.

Not really a fan of wood scales,But if I were to make some I would CA the inside only.Than do the outsides to 800 grit,burnish well with Rottonstone and oil,heavily wax with renwax.
The natural...

In reality, coco is not a finish friendly wood.Has a very high oil content.

Real Carnauba turns whight when subjected to water,waterspots badley