Dark Wood

[Twister]

what is preference for fittings

gold fittings on dark wood or black fittings

Light wood dark fittings

?????

Steve

any thoughts

 

[Doug]

I prefer chrome fittings, not a big fan of gold.

 

[paulm]

Its a good question Steve and a dilemma I have every pen I make. I hold the various fittings up to the finished blank to see what I thing suits it best and usually one stands out as being the right one.

 

[rayf6604]

I agree with Paul, some colours of woods and acrylics seem more suited to one plating or another. I've done some pens where a black pen went best. Also if a pen is an order I make it according to the customer preference

 

[yorkshireman]

I normally use gold on light wood and chrome on dark although like Doug I'm not enamoured with gold.

 

[chas_41_uk]

I normally use gold on light wood and chrome on dark

Same here, but sometimes it doesn't work

 

[Jim]

I tend to use more black accents with light woods Steve, using Paul's method i am sure you won't go wrong ..

 

[Twister]

reason for post was i fitted black enamel concava to wenge

yuk

Steve

 

[stevenw1963]

don't like gold plated pens - prefer chrome

 

[Woody]

Chrome seems to sell better but at the end of the day its all down to your own personal taste

 

[brody2123]

Always a choice to be made after the blank is ready for its parts for me, unless someone has asked for a specific plating of course.