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You can, and probably will, get a lot of different answers to that question. For me the answer is simple: I don't know anything about species of wood, oil finishes, water based finished, fillers, stains, etc etc etc and I don't want to know. More to the point, I don't want to spend time on it or have to have a 100 different cans of chemical crap on hand to finish all the types of wood I might use. The simple way around all that is to use stabilized wood. Bonus: unlike any other finish you can put on any kind of wood you cannot wear the stabilizing off a piece of professionally stabilized wood. Sand smooth, buff, you're done. It may get dull with use but it won't wear off as it is in every cell of the wood. If it gets dull just buff it again.
It does cost more, especially for the fancy woods but you can buy plainer woods that are stabilized at less cost or you can send whatever wood you have to K&G and have it stabilized and save money. For me, it's a no brainer ...
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