Help me pretty up my gal?

[twh]

In order to get an even, uniform finnish you would have to strip the stock and try to stain it and then apply whatever kind of topcoat finnish you prefer ie BLO, RLO etc. Even if you do the above there is no guarantee that you will get a completely uniform finnish due to the grain and physical properties of the stock. I would rub it down with BLO and leave it alone.