Quoted from jalpert:Great work, but it just looks wrong. Doesn't match, doesn't fit the title.
I like the darker color, but went with an "Indy's hat" brown on mine. From a distance, and in most pictures, it looks very similar to black, but it is actually a dark brown with some small gold flecks in it. It was matched/inspired off of Indy's hat, thus my nickname for it. I felt it brought all the benefits of black, but was thematically integrated. I understand the people that want brass, I'm just all golded out. Even thinking of removing my gold trim from ToTAN and going black or something dark.