tactile timber

Most of the timber furniture and fittings, like this Huon Pine table and the parquetry floor, have been oiled using a hard burnishing oil based on tung oil. I did this so that when I touch the wood I'm actually touching wood. When timber has been coated with some sort of varnish or polyurithane then what you touch is plastic. Also, I prefer the look of wood rather than the look of plastic-coated wood....but that's just me.