It is CLEARLY glossy men....(even though some rare steelbooks shows even more gloss)
Men?
Excuse you, there are ladies here too!
So, you're calling it a zero finish?
As noted previously I'm calling it a gloss varnish finish as there's more light reflection than with a zero finish but not as much as w/ full gloss
If you re-read my post a bit more carefully you will see I referred to the ‘reflection’ as more metallic than gloss or varnish finish.
Full gloss, as any steelbook collector will tell you, does not need light manipulation(such as what you shown in your pictures prior) or reflection to show off its shine. It’s just there, in all it’s glaring beauty(when done right of course)
You’re free to call it what you will but am afraid you are still wrong and would be misleading other collectors in saying this is anything near a full gloss finish.
It’s more akin to a standard metallic finish/shine to be specific, to reiterate, it’s neither gloss or matte, but somewhere between.
Full gloss = glossy = gloss varnish. Light reflection is another thing !
But in steelbook collecting there are varying degrees of finish, such as there are many versions of embossing/debossing. Hence this is not a glossy steelbook.
Lights does reflect but as you say it’s not the same thing.
It’s merely a characteristic of chosen finish, IMO.
