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I can make a few suggestions. I am working on a Zischang style Borchardt stock right now with an "in the wood" finish. I am following, roughly, Steven Dodd Hughes' 3-part article on stock refinishing (which can apply to new wood). In

In short I use Permalyn sealer (an oil/urethane treatment). I fill grain with a slurry of permalyn and rottenstone and then shift to either more permalyn or an equal mix of spar varnish, linseed oil, and turpentine. One can build it up or not.

There is no one way to do any of this. But this works really well for me.


Now, if you ask where that 3-part article was published and how to get a copy, I'm not sure I can tell you any more, but I think it was in Doublegun. I'm certain someone here will know.

Brent