G'day folks,

The dimpled finish is called 'hammertone' because it replicates the appearance of beaten sheet copper - often seen on old hand-beaten [using a variety of wooden mallets and metal hammers] copper utensils.

I believe that the word itself may have been trademarked, because some paint manufacturers called their hammertone products by other names - one that I recall was 'polycrater'.

Cheers,
Gadge

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