Well, on pens like that I would have them match when closed, just because that's it's 'display' form. Also, I (only one half blank so far, lol) point the scales away from the point so that if it were a snake, it would be crawling towards the cap. Imagine if you were to run you fingers from the closed cap to the bottom, you wouldn’t want to go against the grain, so I point the scales down.
But, it's all personal, so whatever floats your monkeys [
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On a side note, I've gotten a tiny bit of separation between the scales and the resin at both ends. Just a tiny bit. I was thinking of trying to leak some thin CA in there to seal it up and eliminate the haze caused by the separation. Not sure when it happened, possibly when milling. How do you keep yours so clean looking in the ends?
Here's my second cast, no small thanks to yourself: