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I applied a few coats of Minwax antique oil, followed by paste wax. I generally rub in the oil using sucessively finer grits of wet/dry paper to fill the pores on a wood such as walnut. -wayne

Almost forgot...I did do a smoother a while ago in black walnut. The rear infill is one piece too. *That* was fun...never again. Cheers, Wayne

I do think properly seasoned walnut would make a nice choice for infill. Some of the highly figured stuff rivals almost any wood for looks...IMHO. I plan to do a few planes in some very old and figured walnut, since I've got a couple of big hunks of both French and light colored domestic (US)...