Quote Originally Posted by muddoc View Post
A Black Pastel and Pastel mix is typically called a Black Pewter, mostly to signify which line was used to create the animal. However, after you look at enough of them, you will notice that there is a difference in the Pewters made using Black Pastels and those made with Cinnys (you will also be able to distinguish the Black Pastel from the Cinny after training your eye). I wish I could say one was better than the other, but I like them both. I currently do not have any Black Pastel stock, but hope to change that in a couple months.
Hmmmm, do you know by any chance which breeders are workin on black pewters? I'd like to see what the differences are between the two. I'm sure if I had time I could look through all the old posts and find pictures but I'm at work lol. I do generally like the way the black pastels look on their own and I know of some of the discernable (sp?) differences between the two but if you stand a couple feet away from a cinny and a black pastel you really can't see much difference (at least the ones which I have seen). I am leaning towards getting a female cinny to pair with my pastel male in a year or two and if things work out right breeding wise I can hold back a male pewter to breed back to her a year or maybe two after to try for sterlings.