Chrome vs Silver plating

[Bucks]

With the fancy slimline pens, are the polished chrome ones any more durable/hard wearing than the polished silver?

 

[Phil Dart]

Silver is pretty soft Paul - it also tarnishes. I think the answer to your question would be that chrome is much harder wearing, but side by side it is a lot more grey in appearance. A lot would also depend on the quality and thickness of the plating of course. People seeking a white precious plating would generally go for rhodium, which is similar to platinum, is more or less bomb proof and doesn't tarnish.

 

[Bucks]

THANKS Phil, I do have rhodim for the higher end stuff, but it's the normal silver & chrome fancy slimlines for these particular pens I'm working on at the moment, I've sold about 50 over the last week but was only offering gold & silver as options (sold about twice as many silver as gold, I'm ordering more Penkits & was wandering to offer Chrome as an option especially if it is more hard wearing.
By the way I've just ordered one of your gold mistral fountain pens today to give that a whirl, hopeful more orders for the gold & rhodium fountains & rollerball coming along in the next few weeks if it's successful!

 

[silver]

As per Phil said..

Yo won't be dissapointed in the Mistral either.

 

[wm460]

Remember your mother having to polish here best silver before it was used.

 

[Penpal]

I am not sure of the coating life or wear resistance using Silver tips but I do like them also the matte chrome. Be interested in a knowledgable reply as well.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

THANKS Phil, I do have rhodim for the higher end stuff, but it's the normal silver & chrome fancy slimlines for these particular pens I'm working on at the moment, I've sold about 50 over the last week but was only offering gold & silver as options (sold about twice as many silver as gold, I'm ordering more Penkits & was wandering to offer Chrome as an option especially if it is more hard wearing.
By the way I've just ordered one of your gold mistral fountain pens today to give that a whirl, hopeful more orders for the gold & rhodium fountains & rollerball coming along in the next few weeks if it's successful!

Thanks for your order Paul - it should land on your doormat this morning - I hope you like the Mistral.