Mike slate is a BCB exclusive, it has some gold in it also, I like Charcoal myself a hair better, it seems to be easier to blend bright colors with, like red,blue,green,black all look good with charcoal, and if you can see BCBs charcoal,silver,gunsmoke in person they are incredible, especially when you compare to the crap that other companies are “slingin” on the public,all hazy and dull, BCB is literally the masters in my opinion on Finish……Your Signature …