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Matte Sterling Silver -- Edwardian


Mary Burke

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Here is an image of our new Edwardian crafted from sterling silver and hand finished by Tiffany style of polishing to create a matte finish.

 

It takes a longer process to create a matte finish and we protected the sterling silver through coating the precious metal with a durable finish to preserve the matte finish.

 

Matte or Shiny silver? -- please let us know your preference :)

 

http://mvburke.com/images/limitededitionsfldr/edwardian/3.jpg

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Thanks!

 

I personally feel that the matte finish helps the eye to focus on the engraving and the shape of the pen. I have many polished engraved sterling silver pens in my collection from several manufacturers, and having a matte LE makes a nice change :)

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Its beautiful, I have a Yardoled Grand Barley and sterling silver is not shiny as we're used to seeing but the matte look is very nice and it does bring out the engraving.

 

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Matte looks fine.

 

But I have a (gold) ring that was part matte, and after a few months both parts were as smooth as the other.

 

I fear that with a pen the parts you handle mostly will become smooth soon, with other parts still matte. Sort of like brassing.

 

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Matte is nice. Or perhaps just the engraved parts matte and the rest (section,and caps/rings/clip) shiny? :)

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Oh dear. Another CS to pine for. I really must find another source of income. Want!

 

I could not agree with you more. I'm thinking we should not have any Conway Stewart postings on FPN. It would save me so much money, then again, I would not have several wonderful pens to use.

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Matt gets my vote. Maybe the silver can be 'aged' a bit before being sealed? Regardless, this is a great looking pen.

 

Cheers,

Mo

 

+1 for some patina, ie, a bit of black in the grooves....sort of a pewter like effect?......

 

Anyway, a very handsome pen, and like the unique look of the matter silver....

FP Addict & Pretty Nice Guy

 

 

 

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Maybe I should have the use of one to put it through its paces under heavy usage to see how it holds up & whether I can tarnish it. I hereby volunteer my services on behalf of the community. The things I'm willing to do for this board...

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Maybe I should have the use of one to put it through its paces under heavy usage to see how it holds up & whether I can tarnish it. I hereby volunteer my services on behalf of the community. The things I'm willing to do for this board...

Thanks for taking one for the team, Ghost Plane!

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+1 for some patina, ie, a bit of black in the grooves....sort of a pewter like effect?......

 

Anyway, a very handsome pen, and like the unique look of the matter silver....

Yes, that would look great. My Windsor has that look, engraved silver with black "antiqueing" rubbed in to give depth to the engraving. Sweet!

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Will this beautiful pen have a beautiful price?

 

I do think it's rather noble of GhostPlane to offer to be the taster for the pen.

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Thanks for taking one for the team, Ghost Plane!

 

+1.....

 

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FP Addict & Pretty Nice Guy

 

 

 

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I like both polished and matt silver. In future designs, some interesting effects could be achieved by combining different finishes.

 

Oh dear. Another CS to pine for. I really must find another source of income. Want!

 

+1

 

I've just seen this listed for approximately £1000.

 

There goes the pen budget for November and December.

 

Not as high as I feared, but still well out of my budget for the near future.

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I much the prefer the glossy finish of, say, the Britannia. But the pen I really want to see is the Evolution - in a different design and without the gimmicky 'load balancer' which most people don't care for. And I would really love to see in both all silver and also with gold trim (clip and bands) with a yellow gold nib. That would really be a FANTASTIC pen!!

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