That's it. Our gut instinct is to smash it to fuck, but are worried about any smasher's remorse from losing a unique thing. Not through any deference to original features, as it isn't. But then, as people have pointed out, we don't own a coke forge or nearly enough horse brasses to do it justice.
I actually think it's a really cool feature.
I'd probably still get rid of it, but I'd feel bad getting rid of something that's genuinely quite unique.