Sitka, I haven't trashed a thing you've said about any finish. The reverse is true. You simply don't want anyone else to have an opinion that isn't your opinion. I admit to kidding you about your fear of steel wool and your insistence on the inevitability of freckling. I actually think that you do know what you are doing, but I don't understand your reluctance to allow anyone else to have an opinion. You just need to lighten up a bit and let others share ideas without tearing into them as if they were idiots. I've been finishing wood projects since 1962 or 1963. Never said I was the best at it, and I keep learning as years pass, and I'm pretty good at it.
