I'm crying of joy with the Whiting Adams VULCAN 167 restored brush in my hands. You will cry too, friends. I'm sure.
I'm thinking if it would be convenient to cover it with a coat of Liberon Black Bison Wax. It is a final finish, and not any other finish can be applied over that. I will think. Probably the finish will be glossy, nice, but wax and water and alcaline shaving soap are not good friends, I think. Without wax, it has no gloss, just satin, but nice. And it can be oiled again if it is needed after some months of use.
It has been resting for several days, and several times, in a bath of a secret blend of Pure Tung Oil, Sweet Orange Oil, and others secret ingredients, in secret proportions, at controlled, but secret, temperature. The Dr Dulcamara's Tung Oil's secret blend recipe, ha ha. After each bath, several weeks hanging from a paracord, outdoors. Two or three months in total, I think. Finally, several minutes polishing with 0000 grit steeel wool, and a cloth, spinning at 1200-1500 rpm, in a mandrel at the drill. Now it is satin finished.