I've posted a few more progress photos for the Wee Lassie II. I have a couple in the 'fairing' section that show the strips that were giving me grief. The pictures show a dramatic difference between sanded and scraped strips. The cabinet sraper was the only tool that worked for smoothing the flat grained strips, but it had the added benefit of really bringing out the character of the wood. In this picture, I did a test wet down with mineral spirits. I think it kind of looks like Cherry.

Ross