Sheen
So you want a matte finish. That's fine, at least half our customers do. But something you may not know is; the glossier the sheen, the better your finish will wear. This is a simple fact of chemistry. Matte under a microscope will appear to have a rougher, "bumpier" surface. This is how it gets its appearance to the naked eye. Light can't reflect off of a gradient surface nearly as well as a polished one. The glossier the finish, the slicker the surface. Slick surfaces have the least amount of potential to create friction against another surface such as a holster. This friction is what causes wear spots long term. Reduce the friction...reduce the wear.
Just food for thought.

M.I.M. Parts
Metal Injection Molding. Plenty of manufacturers use this for the fabrication of parts in their weapons. How this applies to your finish is this: MIM parts rarely are nice and smooth. They have inconsistencies and surface variations that can show with a finer, thinner finish. Even if the finish is perfect...which it will be if we do it...these imperfections in the metal can possibly show through as swirl patterns or criss-cross grain in appearance in bright light by canting back and forth. Most people could care less, or possibly don't even know it is there, but we are picky and thought we would point it out. If you are as picky as we are and are not wanting to get into body work, your best bet is to go with a DuraCoat finish over any other. The reason being, the thicker stabilizing quality of this product will give you a much smoother and cleaner look on imperfect surfaces. Not all parts are created equal, obviously. Some MIM parts come out nice, others...not so nice. A lot of times, manufactures will put a sufficient thickness of their coating to hide these surface variations. Should PBI receive and see bad MIM surface variation half-way through, we may even stop and contact you to let you ponder the options.

Wood Putty
If your plan is to have your wood furniture refurbished in the stain of your choice, please let us handle any body work that may be needed. We have gotten several jobs in the past where the attempt was made to smooth or fill in dings and dents with wood putty prier to sending it to us. Wood putty will always look like wood putty no matter how much stain and clear coat we put on it. There are better ways, and chances are, if the dings are small, you will pay us as much as the wood putty cost to smooth them out for you.

Good Old Fashion Bluing
Yes, there is something about a quality hot bluing job that pretty much everyone can appreciate. And if a true hot blued finish is what you want, we will be happy to recommend some quality names in the industry. Why don't we offer bluing then? The answer is in the title to this passage..."OLD Fashion"...Bluing, hot or cold, simply can not hold a candle to any product we offer when it comes to durability and protection for your metal surfaces. It is labor intensive and expensive to have done correctly without the pay off of the durability and corrosion resistance of modern coatings. That being said, we haven't left out the customers that still desire the look and feel of bluing without having to compromise. We can accommodate most shades and sheens of bluing. You tell us what look you are after and we will make it happen. And as a shameless plug for our capabilities to match the different looks of bluing, we have even had to go to the extent of arguing with people at gun shows that see it in person and simply refuse to believe what they are looking at is not real bluing.