Yo, Drak...
Thanks for the advice. I Picked up a little bottle of Tru-Oil at WalMart and put 7 or 8 thin coats on the neck. Used 0000 Steel wool to buff down to a satin finish, and it seems like a good hard finish. Very easy, too. On the bottle, it mentions their "Gun Stock Wax" as a supplement (which turns out to be a blend of carnauba wax, beeswax, and silicone). Would this improve the feel of theneck, or can I pass on that one?
The pure tung oil I'm putting on the Koa body has a really nice effect on the color and luster of the wood, and feels very nice, but the body feels vulnerable. I may add a coat or two of the "Homer Formsby" version of tung oil, which apparently contains hardeners - it dries a lot quicker and harder. More like Tru Oil, I think. I just finished a black Korina body with about twelve coats of it and I got the impression I could get a "laquer-type" finish pretty easily.