Thanks gryphon,
That should work well as the email draft will sit there till i'm ready to paste it in the box between some images.

A quick reply here about BLO etc on the baltic pine. BLO, terebine, thinners, wax etc looks good on many wood items and features. On gunstocks or anything else that is handled a lot, and subject to blood, sweat, tears etc it is not very durable. It marks and gets dirty quite easily. I tried it many years ago on some refinishing jobs, and many guys continue to use it.

The linseed needs to have resin added to it to get a harder finish. Some woodworkers add synthetic resins. I have done some work with Baltic Amber resin. At some point i intend to also try african copal resin. These are the hardest of the natural resins. Also in the english style linseed finish the resin oil is used in conjunction with alkanet infused linseed.

I don't have a favorite formula yet but i have enough info and images to make an interesting post.

Regards,
Gabe