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Our local Guild (Rochester Woodworkers Society) just hosted Mike Mascelli who did a workshop on finishing by hand. Mike is a expert upholsterer who has done many things for the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC. But also fixes old furniture so he knows his way around finishes and matching finishes.
Anyways, one trick he uses for aging cherry is roofing cement! Yes that gooey black sticky stuff you get at the Home Center.
What he does is mixes a small slug of it into Naptha (high test mineral spirits) and then experiments on some test pieces of cherry to get the right degree of aging. Add more goo if you want it darker etc.
Takes some experimentation but it works wonderfully.