Linseed oil
I bought my first house in 1989 and built my first workbench shortly after. Taking a tip that I learned from my grandfather I finished the bench, and all my wood tool handles, with boiled linseed oil. A quart can may have been five bucks and a gallon, $15. So I splurged and got the gallon.
I still have about half of the gallon left. I've moved four times since and it's still around. I used it to finish a new top to a cheap movable bench that I have.
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