JDW:
Your email isn't in your profile so please email me.
italianstallion@cox.net
This is speculation on my part but I think the wood has gotten overheated over the years and actually scorched. I agree it isn't oil.
Here's a better (lighter) picture of the problem for everyone.




Thanks
Jim

Last edited by italiansxs; 03/16/08 12:52 PM.

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