Polissoir

Described in André Roubo’s 18th-century French text L’Art du Menuisier, a polissoir (French for “polisher”) is a simple tool made of tightly bound broom straw that is used for compressing and polishing the surface of wood.

Simple to use, just apply wax to your work then scour the waxed surface with the polissoir. It will burnish the wood and press the wax into the pores.

Buff with a cotton cloth.