After 2 years, I am much more comfortable stating that it is indeed a different back. I would estimate something like 20-33% of Honest Long Cut's are of this variety, but a 2 year sample from one collector is not particularly huge or conclusive. It is not a difference big enough to be particularly interesting to most collectors like Hindu Brown vs. Hindu Red, but it seems to be a genuinely different and third back. If it was fading or environmental conditions, it would be very unlikely to be a shading exclusive to T227 and it is difficult to see how black would fade or age into a purpley-grey hue anyways.
I am looking for more back images of Rodgers and Brown in particular. The Brown in the non-sport gallery is the purpley back.
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