Framebuilders - What kind of finish is this titanium?

So I have a nice titanium cross fork I'd like to match up with this frame:

http://www.performancebike.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10052_10551_1062270_-1_51000_20000_51509

but the finish looks different. My fork has a nice polished satin look while this on looks darker and bead blasted. Am I wrong with this? And I am not and that's the case, what can I do to get the finish polished up like my fork?

The finish is blasted just as you've observed. Over ten tears ago while looking into Ti. bikes the 3 finishes were available, you know what they are. In speaking with the salesman he explained that the rough finish models were at the not so highest model levels. It was a big difference in price. The likes of me didn't warrant the best models, the Co. was Litespeed. The upper models were available in satin and polished, the lattter costing some two hundred dollars more. I further queried by asking the advantage of the polished. he said "it depends on your taste but if the satin was marked, attepts I made could prove unsightly". This leads me to believe that polishing a rough frame could be tough. I recall that Raleigh and others offered models using Russian Ti, even in M.bikes, these were considerable less money. Not nec. inferior, a somewhat different alloy but for avail. & price were favored. Litespeed has reconifigured its line-up many times since, perhaps a seller could weigh-in. Merlin for instance used satin.

The polished Ti frames were made with tubes that were polished before assembly - these were expensive and frankly, not that popular due to the cost. The middle of the road option, which was/is by far the most popular, is the Brushed finish - made by using sandpaper or a sanding pad like scotchbrite. The least expensive finish is the bead blasted type. You can take a blasted frame and make it like brushed but it will take a LOT of work.

I took the same frame, stripped the decals (acetone) and used red and gray scotchbrite (cut in strips) and less than 2 hours later the finish looks much better.

Jeff