--- Allan Fisher alf@c... wrote:

...snip...I prefer not to do
> anything permanent (oil or 
> varnish) to a tool that's in good shape and hasn't
> been oiled before.  I 
> have a few virtually untouched beech planes, and the
> idea that they would 
> have survived more than a hundred years that way
> only to have me come along 
> and oil them is sort of disturbing.

GGs:
Many of my wooden tools have never been finished; 
they're mostly the best-looking ones.  A woodie that's
handled regularly and protected from the extremes of
climate and humidity should pretty much last forever,
not so?
 Todd's right, of course, that oil is a good finish
for gunstocks, and I doubt that oil HURTS anything,
performance or longevity-wise, but I don't think it's
pretty, and it's not reversible. Wax, you can wash
off...best to all, nice to hear from Mr. Fisher-GAM



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