i recently finished up a very curly stock for a high power gun and stumbled upon a great finish. i was digging through my varish cabinet to see what i had and found a can of year old Cabot eurathane that had only about a 1/4 inch in the bottom of the can. it was about as thick as molasses and very dark. i tried a bit on a piece of scrap, just rubbing it on with my fingers and it worked real good. behaved very much like true oil and dried in about an hour, hard as could be.
well, i used it on the stock and it was the easiest, best finish i ever put on a piece of wood. the first coat rubbed in almost completely and the second built over that just perfectly, with a 600 wet sanding between. i think the sheen is just about right after a rubbing with johnson's paste wax on a scotchbrite pad. i use the paste wax more as a lubricant for the scotch brite pad's scuffing than actually as a wax. after the rub out i wipe the entire stock down with a clean cloth and the finish is smooth as glass with just enough sheen to show figure and detail real well.
now i just have to figure out how accellorate the drying of some more of that eurethane so i don't have to wait another year to finish my next stock.
another tidbit about coloring or tinting finishes. the big box stores that handle Varithane brand finshing products will have a rack of small sample packets of thier stain colors. they cost about 25 cents each and they're great for tinting any rub-on finish. they are totaly compatible with any rub-on that is made up of tounge, or BLO and spirits. essentially, all of these finishes are just eurethanes, thinned out for rub-on application and can be tinted with mineral based stains.