Im obsessed with tne brass myself, however, I tried the mixed leather blue out last year with gunmetal and it literally the hardware chipped right away.....the black pebbled parker with gunmetal HW chipped on chain and on round rings the chain strap pulls through literally after two days of ownership......so im simply paranoid about the dark hardware as what good is the dark if the metal underneath shows through? however, based on pricematching on the Macys sight, I did snag the pine and the aurora from
Coach this week at a ridiculously low price......I can live with it if the price is cheap enough I guess.