This pic was the closest I could find to really show off how nice that Redwood is.
Edit: It's really hard to describe the grain on this old growth Redwood that Mark has. It's almost like rivers of shimmering liquid redwood flowing between the burls, like you expect it to pour off the knife.
If I had the money I'd buy every single piece, just to have (well not every single piece like a total jerk, but probably quite a few).
I definitely don't mind sharing my finishing technique, it seems to work pretty well for me. Sometimes I have to throw in other grits, depends on material workability.
I usually start with torn strips of 220 from my 6x48. It has stiffer backing and more open grit than the same belt in 2x72, so I find that it cuts like 100 grit but finishes finer. The stiff backing seems to help with forming accurate curves.
Then I move to torn strips from the center of a used 320 belt, then move up to 400 for satin, and 600 for semi gloss.
Once I'm done with sanding, I use a clean buff to lightly burnish and remove and bits of dust from pores/small voids. I stay away from compounds because they leave deposits.
After that I finish with a couple of hand buffed coats of finishing wax, which the Redwood seems to absolutely love.
