I'm happy with Tru Oil. I have no experience with anything else so I have no basis for comparison. I use 00 steel wool between coats and 0000 steel wool with paste wax after the final coat
(10-12). It gives a nice subdued luster. I'm just about finished with a beautiful piece of claro feather crotch that will go on my 1934 double trigger Superposed that was engraved by Angelo Bee. It will be spectacular.

Richard Howard