As other reviewers have mentioned, the key is very heavy and well made.  But it's not black.  It's black-ish with quite a bit of silver showing through.  Sort of antiqued looking, but in a cheap, decorator's store kind of way.  Maybe I received an odd one.  I doubled checked the specifications, which state clearly "black."  It wasn't a deal breaker for me, and it looks great on the wall next to a collage of black and white prints and clocks, but again....wish it was black.