Haven't seen many oval head phillips screws Russ T. Chambers , especially in brass in my lifetime ? Maybe I may get stuck with slotted oval heads but thats cool too .
I never entered the thought about expense on the staining idea you all have , I guess a black walnut desk would cost a few thousand compaired to many hundred for nice Birch . I will save the noose , this time , for better hangins
Ha ha ha .
Just kidding anyway about the hangins , but I don't use stain , ever . But then again I am stricktly talking guns here and cabinets , not desks . But I am afraid to say I wouldn't stain a desk either . Good Birch is $4.95 sq. ft . Walnut is double , I would just suck it up and save for it . But , I do understand finances , and I do understand why people stain wood, I just do not do it , that's all .
Plus I really like Blond wood too , and sometimes prefer it on arms and cabinets to dark woods . I hate covering grain patterns with stain . Dark stain or not it changes how the finish lays and the depth and everything else about the woods characters .
thanks for the comments and compliment though ,
Alabama