Before (paid $8.95 at salvage):

After sanding to 80, then performing 3 rounds of stabilization with Starbond thin CA, filing and sanding between applications, then grain filling 3 times with Timbermate Ebony, sanding to 220, then laying down 4 coats of Boiled Linseed Oil with 0000 steel wool in-between coats, applying Liberon Beeswax and Terpentine, then Minwax pastewax, and finally Daddy Van’s beeswax and lavender with carnauba, …