Well.. .I just spent 2 and a half hours with a bucket of Murphy's, scrubbing this thing and man does it look a lot better.. I'd say I took off at least 30 years of tar and nicotine off it...
gonna try finding some good bee's wax, or pure carnuba.. and I have a feeling it will look really great.. need to try a little brown shoe polish or a brown crayon in a couple of the scratches on the darker wood...
I tell ya though, after all the rubbing and scrubbing tonight, I have no idea how I'm gonna last trying to get it waxed.. I know that's gonna be twice the work... But well worth it!