Ha ha. Actually, I keep BLO and tung oil around in my shop too, for touch up purposes. After all, I have a fair number of Springfields, old Winchesters, Savages, etc. that were originally finished with it and I'm not about to change them up and reduce their originality. That's not to say I reach for it when embarking on a re-finish or new finish on a fresh project.

Far and away more important to me are the cans of good paste wax I keep around too. A straight-oil finished stock is incomplete without that modicum of protection guaranteed by a top coat of wax.


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