I still have the blank the last offcut above came from. I'll try to take an image of the blank and offcut together in good light and post it here. It's a very fancy but difficult blank to work with, due to warping, so perhaps viewing it might prompt some discussion.

I don't know if my experiment with the finish will be useful for me as I'm not likely to get back to gunmaking as a business. Perhaps I'm hoping i'll be able to get back to it as a hobby one day.

I'll continue the linseed post tomorrow. I have to write and sort some images about filling the pores on 2 of the offcuts.

Gabe