Kittyhawk
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Attached a photo of the top of my walking stick.
I dont know what the timber is - it was made from a glut from under packets of imported Kwila decking so presumably some sort of very hard Asian hardwood. The finish is multiple coats of Boiled Linseed Oil.
Once a year I do a recoat - the process is a rub down with 0000 steel wool, a wipe down with solvent and then the BLO, being careful not to touched the prepped timber during application.
Around the area of the brass insert there is now a dull patch. So far I have put 5 coats of BLO on it, but it's still there. In the scheme of things this doesn't matter less. It's just that it drives me crazy because I don't know why. Any ideas?
![20230529_175251.jpg 20230529_175251.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attachments/141/141046-6dad5c18bf31e84d87523a98c285a1c7.jpg)
I dont know what the timber is - it was made from a glut from under packets of imported Kwila decking so presumably some sort of very hard Asian hardwood. The finish is multiple coats of Boiled Linseed Oil.
Once a year I do a recoat - the process is a rub down with 0000 steel wool, a wipe down with solvent and then the BLO, being careful not to touched the prepped timber during application.
Around the area of the brass insert there is now a dull patch. So far I have put 5 coats of BLO on it, but it's still there. In the scheme of things this doesn't matter less. It's just that it drives me crazy because I don't know why. Any ideas?
![20230529_175251.jpg 20230529_175251.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attachments/141/141046-6dad5c18bf31e84d87523a98c285a1c7.jpg)