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Raw steel look isent very specific either in terms of finish.
Moots frames are blasted. It gives a less shiny surface than a brushed frame. More grey if you will. Moots stems are also blasted but the seatposts are brushed.
Brushed ti parts / frames will be very close in finish to stainless steel frames (unless those are polished in wich case they will be more shiny/silvery) Merlin, litespeed and the tiarrow bikes in my previous posts are brushed.
Polished ti is very very shiny and a pita to keep clean.
The Serotta was polished.
Satin ti seems to vary abit between builders. Id say its close to a moots finish but without the "shine".
Some builders call their finish raw ti. This usually means a darker (for ti) grey.
Most if not all ti surfaces becomes less shiny more grey with time. Easy to fix but perhaps thats more what you are looking for anyways?
Easiest finish to maintain is easily brushed. Wich i would say is also the most common finish.