They are so beautiful. Maybe the most perfect gun ever made. The old school quality can't be matched. Now they make them look good but we all know they ain't the real deal. You can put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig.Don't think for a second the new Python's can even hold a candle to the originals. They were hand made by master gunsmiths that averaged about 40 yrs experience. Over 3 days went into just the polishing. You can't even get the new ones in blue, strictly stainless, that oughta tell you something. Today's gunmakers try to get you to believe the craptastic flat black nitride finish is for YOUR benefit, when of course it's just to save THEM time and money.