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	Hairline	Hand-beaten	Cast & relief	Hammered
Family	Polished	Textured	Cast	Textured
How it looks	A fine unidirectional grain.	Formed entirely by hand.	Deep three-dimensional panels and medallions cast from a pattern, then hand-finished.	A worked surface of controlled dents that breaks reflection into hundreds of small highlights.
Metals	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium	Brass, copper	Brass, bronze, aluminium	Brass, copper, bronze
Where it suits	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors
Worth knowing	A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance.	No two panels are the same, and that is the reason to choose it — a sample approves a character and a range, not a match.	A pattern has to be made before anything is cast, so a one-off medallion carries the cost of its tooling.	The dents hold dust and, outside, water.
Looking after it	Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth.	As for hammered: a soft brush, a damp cloth, nothing abrasive.	A soft brush for the relief, a damp cloth for the face.	A soft brush lifts dust from the dents; a damp cloth for marks.
Next step	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample