I've used quite a lot of Danish oil and can unequivocally recommend it for timber kitchen worktops

Did all the worktops in our new kitchen and they look great. Well, they look great until they get scratched. Then they look decidedly second hand.

You need to understand that, despite the word "Oil", it is actually a type of varnish, and therefore like any other varnish it DOES produce a terrific finish that looks $1m.

However, unlike an oiled finish it scratches. Simple as that.

In reality, I re-coat our timber worktops every 6-12 months depending on how tired (scratched) they are getting.

I have just spent some time rubbing hot walnut oil in to the stock of my R10, and it looks good and brings out the grain, etc. But best of all, it does not show scratches or marks where I have 'caught' the gun, and if there is an area that looks a tad worn, then a coat of oil can be applied to that area alone. Do that with varnish and you will see where it has been 'touched up'!

So stick to real oil and avoid 'varnish type' products if I were you.

Personal opinion

Cheers,
Robert