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@Mikenetic
Sorry chaps, been on holiday for a few days.
To answer the questions. The mudguards are SKS chromoplastics. I found the fitting a bit fiddly on the front, partly due to the caliper design. I'm using Shimano medium drop calipers, which fit but have an odd asymmetric underside to one half of the caliper arm. They were the issue, not the fork or guards. The guards are a wraparound design, so they drop down the side of the tyre a little. Allegedly they'll take a 28c, but I'm running 25's and there's not a tonne of clearance. Maybe 5mm at a minimum on the front of the front guard.
Now that they are on and set they are very, very, good at keeping the water away from you and the bike, and there's no rattling or tyre noise at all. Definitely worth the effort, IMO.
As for the ride, I really like it. It's smooth, definitely less jarring than the Kona Jake I was riding. The alu frame and Project 2 "fork" (let's be honest, it's just a bent scaffold pole with dropouts) on that was pretty unforgiving.
The combination of 25 tyres(Schwalbe Duranos) run at 100psi with the steel fork is lovely. The bike just wants to roll along, and the fork has enough flex to take buzz out of the road. It'll never be the fastest thing in the world, but it's not designed to be.