On Point With Go Pens #47


On Point

What does gold-filled mean?

Gold is bonded to a base metal using heat and pressure. Gold-filled is more difficult and expensive to achieve than gold-plating, as the gold is 100 times thicker than gold-plating, and it won’t wear off with use, which often happens with gold-plating.

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