I know this is an old forum, but I just signed up a year ago and I wasn't around for some of these great threads. I think I'm the only person I know who really really likes the idea of a shiny, polished brass T grip on a blued gun. I am waiting for mine currently. It will be a blued, snub Smith & Wesson Model 36 no dash with a squared butt and a polished brass T grip to go with my diamond magna grips I just got. I like it because it accents the brass casings in the cylinder that I carry and the brass screw hole and the brass colored medallion. I have only seen one picture online of a blued Model 19 snub with the shiny brass T grip and it looks sooooo beautiful!! I'll post pictures here once I get mine. If not brass, then shiny black is what I'd most likely do.