It may be the colors in the photo, but the gold and the MOP in the Lake clash terribly. From the photo, it seems as though silver for the frame would have been a better call. But I am just going to assume it's the photo color not coming through true, because other than that it's a SPECTACULAR set of 3 knives. Holy cow, those are some sweet, sweet lines. I am awestruck. As a noob, I've no idea who Ellis is, but I know enough now to see I'd be following him around at shows and buying what he buys. Dude's got the eye .