Ooh, I like the way the black springs are more subtle! On the Wallingford site, the only B67 they have with black springs says it is the "pre aged" leather (as opposed to the pre-softened), and they have a photo of a pre-aged brown one, but not a black. Is yours pre-aged? The brown one they show looks kind of sandblasted, and I was concerned about how it would look on a black one. Probably I am just being petty