Carnauba wax is what I was told - and substitute turpentine for Terebine, as mentioned before. Am making a batch of each recipe this week, will test results comparitively on two stocks over the next few weeks.

One of the problems with stock finishes is that every bit of wood behaves differently. Some take loads of coats, some take far fewer before a finish develops. Some react well and respond to the oiling and polishing better than you expect, others disappoint.

However, of the commercially available products, I find Napier the best and personally can't tell much difference between it and a hand-made batch.

It has to go on with the hand and be rubbed in and polished off, allowed to dry overnight and in every other manner is a traditional finish product.

I use Tru-oil for sticks and knife handles (which I make out of old gunstocks) as it dries faster but don't get on with it for guns.