Timber ageing gracefully

Hello

I was fossicking through some old photos and found a
pic of a chess table i built in 1995. The case was made
from sequoia or redwood boards recycled from wine
barrel heads, I bought new kiln dried stock for the legs
the contrast was quite evident
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The table was finished in organoil, and over the past
14 years has had occasional treatment with organoil
or a beeswax based furniture polish. As you can see
the legs have aged to lessen the contrast. I gave it
a touchup with U-Beaut wax before the pic i took today.
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The cedar top has lost it's striking colors unfortunately
but overall i think the table's ageing quite gracefully.

Cheers
col.

Building up a nice patina Col.

:thyel: Someone will be along in a moment to tell you it needs sanding back. https://www.woodworkforums.com/pictur...pictureid=2589

Lovely job. I think I would spend as much time running my fingers along the redwood as I would in figuring where to move the chess pieces. It would be a delight to play on that table even if, as a chess beginner, I got defeated all the time.