You know the gut feeling you get when you start something and the wood doesn't behave, experience shouts "leave the damn thing alone or you're going tor regret it". This lump of walnut burr ( I think that's what it is), screamed at me from the start and should have been consigned to the lathe instead but dogmatic persistence got the better of me.
I thought it was a reasonable finish until I applied a polish which shows the scratches and imperfections so enough for now the bloody thing can sit until I'm motivated enough to strip off the finish and do some more sanding, lesson learned, stick to more predictable material in future maybe.
The missus loves it as it is, she needs an appointment at Specsavers.
The frog carving is about 110mm long and 95% carved using my set of Pfeil palm gouges.