Tung Oil On Cherry Wood. Mix equal amounts of tung oil and a top quality varnish (one without uv blockers, since you want that cherry to darken) with mineral spirits. Ad browse & discover thousands of brands.

Ad browse & discover thousands of brands. Note that this uses tung oil (or blo, but i find blo has a rancid smell) and not tung oil finish like formby's puts out. You can add a bit of japan drier to speed the oil curing.