what ( what is it ) - Finished with homemade friction polish.
I use 3 parts 2# dewaxed shellac, 2 parts BLO, 1 part denatured alcohol.  So it’s basically equal parts washcoat (1# ‘thinned’) shellac and BLO, but I keep all my shellac at 2# I use the 3/2/1 formula above. Works great.  That’s face grain black walnut. 

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".