How Old Do You Feel

I was working on the desk re-finish project tonight. To my surprise I found a date stamp on the inside of one of the drawers, May 1, 1917, that make the desk a lot older than we would have thought. For it's condition, I would not have expected it to be 89 year old.

I need to find a way to protect it during the re-finishing. If anyone has an idea, post a comment.

I'll post some progress pictures next time.