I finally am able to get a finish on this black walnut stocked British style fowler I am building. I plan to use Tru-Oil as I have had good luck with ot on the other guns that I have refinished. The other guns though that I had redone were not virgin wood. They were strip and refinish English walnut or maple stocked guns. Now, this black walnut is porous in comparison to the other guns I have done. I am not in a real hurry, but I was wondering if I should just omit the BC sealer and just build a finish with Tru-Oil? The stock has some decent figure, but it is not extremely pronounced. I have a fear that using a sealer will "muddy" the grain somewhat and not permit all the grain that is there, to stand out. Listening to those hear and others, I intend to test the wood response to Tru-Oil in the barrel channel with just straight Tru-Oil to see how the wood looks and then probably and hopefully no stains will be needed. Any thoughts on sealers,etc.? There is also much carving on the stock, so the fear of also contaminating these carvings is a concern also. Thanks in Advance! All the hours are about to show fruit.......maybe.
