Re: syrian show pens.
Yes. The reason that the Syrian show pen fronts need to be painted is because the fronts are made from a horizontal bar with small holes in that individual wires are put into and then soldered. It's not a pretty finish! I think there are only few places that sell the bar as well if I remember rightly and there was a problem getting hold of the bars.
The effort put into making each one and the amount of time gloss paint takes to dry in wet English weather contribute to their lack of availability.
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