I was thinking that it might help seal the pores of the wood, and I was also wondering how it would look when it was finished. The idea though came to me from the technique if rubbing linseed oil onto the stock, and then sanding the stock while the oil is wet, to fill the pores, and blend them into the rest of the stock. I also like the way that wood looks when it is slightly charred, and then sanded back down leaving darkened patterns in the grain. Also I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of (or better yet have a cited source for) old timers ever doing something like this? You hear stories of old timers staining wood with things like tobacco juice, so using a mixture of charcoal dust and linseed oil or something like that, to help finish the wood and give some color at the same time, does not seem so unlikely.
