Timberline Plaques, our first product was to commemorate climbing  all of the 54 peaks above 14,000 feet, here in our state, The Colorado Fourteener Plaque. We originally created our product as a REAL brass on REAL walnut wood. Good idea but not practical. The REAL wood was always varying in color some and the REAL brass was way too heavy, making mail expensive. Plus the product was inconsistent so after much debate we decided to go with a simulated product which was consistent and looked a lot better. Our customers really preferred the simulated product over the REAL product. We hope you will too.