Complete!!

Here is the completed mandolin after ~8-9 coats of tru-oil, micromesh 6000-12000 and  buffing with Meguiar #2 polish. This is the first time I've ever used micromsh and I like it a lot, in spite of the high price. I then put a buffing foam disk (from StewMac) into my hand drill, put the hand drill in a vice and used it to polish the mandolin.

Here are some photos of the final instrument