Yeah, it's not a completely matte finish, it has just a hint of a shine to it. That's part of the reason why I had so much difficulty photographing mine, and also why I didn't bother to clean it prior to taking pictures because just a touch of oil on the surface tends to make it look very shiny because the finish seems to hold oil very well.

At one point in time I was considering refinishing my PPK/S-22 with Durablue, but then I started using Balistol and realized just how shiny it became with a thin coating of the stuff on it, so I left it as is.

That's the thing about the black finish on the PPK/S-22, it's not the prettiest finish, it photographs poorly, and when compared side-by-side with the deep bluing on a Vintage PPK/S, especially one of the French-made Manurhin PPK/S models, it looks downright awful, but all in all it's not actually a bad-looking finish.

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