Denny is on his 3rd neck with slight body mods because of it. Finished with simple min wax ebony oil stain and polymerized tung oil (similar to the Tru Oil, which is polymerized linseed oil). This was very easy to finish with and after deglossing the neck, it feels as good as any neck I have.
It could use some more leveling, but I gave up for the moment. It turned winter here and it's impossible to get a dust free environment in my basement. But this is basically it:
...so ever since then, I always hang on to the buckle.