What is a good natural finish for mahogany?

Here is a mahogany chair done with deft natural oil, a year later and it still looks like that…
Chair

I did nothing but sand to 500 grit abralon pad and then apply the deft oil in the usual way.

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Any time I have worked with mahogany I have finished with only varnish. Here is my first piece of funiture and it was finished in 1982. No sealer, no stain, just varnish – I forgot what type years ago.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I like Waterlox, Pratt & Lambert, or Gymseal oil based varnish on mahogany, as well as nitrocellulose lacquer. Filling can save time, but you can do it with any film finish and wet sanding.

-- - Real men read directions

I’ve used a both a blend of 100% pure tung oil, Boiled linseed oil and poly. and general finishes arm r seal. both are good but I prefer to blend my own and on the jewelry both in my projects, that jewelry box still looks the same way 2 years later. And my favorite quote from my 6 year old at the time daughter was “daddy i just can’t stop touching it, it feels sooo good”
i sand to 400 and then burnish the surface with 0000 steel wool and then apply the fiinish.

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com