Thanks. I did leave it at least a week between coats to harden off, knocking back with progressively finer grits. You can still see quite a few pores - it still looks like wood.
The polishing did add a tiny hint of milkiness to the finish, but is much smoother than I could achieve just with wiping. Possibly thinning the oil might have helped there, but I didn't thin it at all. The key was the preparation and applying the oil quickly and not trying to work it too much. If a coat didn't go so well, wait a week, knock it back and do another coat
The raw wood had a pinkish hue to it, but the Tru Oil has turned it a delicious nutty brown. I do find myself stopping to gaze at it often