Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
The texture of casting might be imparted by etching or shot blasting. Blast might edge out for appearance, it'll blend every tool mark evenly. There might be a way to texture paint or add a 'contaminant' instead. But they are beautiful raw.
When I needed a super finish on narrow surfaces, the trick was stoning one flute off a two flute end mill, making it a fly cutter, but makes clean corners tedious.
thanks, I did tumble them in ceramic beads for a few hours, but this probably needed to run for hours and I got fed up of the noise in the workshop...

The modified two flute mill is a good tip, will have a go, Thanks, Nigel