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Part of the veneer on the base of our newel post has come off (see photo). I guess we didn’t take enough care of it during the renovation given I don’t remember this problem when we got the house. That said, I would like to fix the problem now. I believe though don’t know that the veneer is walnut. Is this likely? The shape of the post is common to many brownstones in our area so I assume that it was sort of mass produced when these houses were built and other people may have had the same problem. Anyone out there have fixed a post similarly damaged? What is the best approach given that ultimately I want to strip the wood and oil it (as we are doing for the rest of the balustrade)?

Thanks