Indeed, many early pieces had little more than an oil finish.

The stock and fore-end are in walnut with a fine oil finish.

Learn about some of the most popular oils - Danish and tung oil finishes - on this page.

The heat for a tung oil finish is best generated by applying it with a coarse rag and rubbing hard.

A linseed oil finish is easily repaired, but it provides no significant barrier against scratching.

If you are making the toys from uncoated virgin wood, why not give the pieces a hand-rubbed oil finish?

Linseed, tung and Danish oil finishes - the most common kinds - have distinctive odors.

Finally, there are the oil finishes, like linseed oil and tung oil.

Professional-quality board is handcrafted of pressed bamboo with a natural hand rubbed olive oil finish.

Wood in its natural oil finish is the most common material used.