I decided to refinish the stock - seems to have made a difference in grain if you'll look at the above pictures in this thread for comparrison. At this stage, I have a 'number' of coats of True Oil rubbed on - with my hand, 1 to 2 days inbetween coats, no sand paper, no wet sanding as some have tried with varrying results.

At this stage, I could leave it and call it done - maybe rub it with pumice (rotten stone) to 'sweaten' the apearance to a soft glow, or - maybe I'll sand it back down to the wood with 1500 grit paper, dry, then put on a finish 3 or 4 thin coats, then polish to a mirror using a rouge paste I have a bit of - grande piano finish, which would look rather cool, but not historically correct, of course. I like to see the grain structure completely filled to a glass finish. Few oil treatments will do this as easily as True Oil.
Before shot.

1st pic- flash in an incandescent lit room.

2nd. pic - winter sunlight through the windows of sliding doors - no flash- sightly different angle.