I'm finding myself being drawn to satin black more and more.
The only immediate downside with the Lull satin finish is that it feels a little like suede for a while; my old JAX took a month or two of use to kind of knock it back a bit so it was smooth in the right areas (forearm bout, back of body). The upside is that (on the JAXT4) it's been extremely knock resistant. I've had a couple of
oh, f*** moments where I'm thinking I'm going to have to get a Sharpie out, but not even a mark on it.