diff --git a/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm b/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
index 51b82d22bc..76e60bc6dc 100644
--- a/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
+++ b/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ Unless you know what you're doing, only use the first three numbers. They're in
 /datum/material/brass
 	name = "brass"
 	desc = "Tybel gb-Ratvar"
-	color = "#9B7E24"
+	color = "#917010"
 	categories = list(MAT_CATEGORY_RIGID = TRUE, MAT_CATEGORY_BASE_RECIPES = TRUE)
-	strength_modifier = 1.2
+	strength_modifier = 1.3 // Replicant Alloy is very good for skull beatings..
 	sheet_type = /obj/item/stack/tile/brass
 	value_per_unit = 0.75
-	armor_modifiers = list("melee" = 1.4, "bullet" = 1.4, "laser" = 0, "energy" = 0, "bomb" = 1.4, "bio" = 1.2, "rad" = 1.5, "fire" = 1.5, "acid" = 1.5) //Brass has.. a few problems that can't easily be compensated for.
+	armor_modifiers = list("melee" = 1.4, "bullet" = 1.4, "laser" = 0, "energy" = 0, "bomb" = 1.4, "bio" = 1.2, "rad" = 1.5, "fire" = 1.5, "acid" = 1.5) //But it has.. a few problems that can't easily be compensated for.
 	beauty_modifier = 0.3 //It really beats the cold plain plating of the station, doesn't it?
 
 /datum/material/bronze
diff --git a/code/modules/smithing/smithed_items.dm b/code/modules/smithing/smithed_items.dm
index 3416ea3bb2..7396e1fb7e 100644
--- a/code/modules/smithing/smithed_items.dm
+++ b/code/modules/smithing/smithed_items.dm
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 
 /obj/item/ingot/ratvar
 	custom_materials = list(/datum/material/brass=12000)
-	name = "brass ingot"
 	desc = "On closer inspection, what appears to be wholly-unsuitable-for-smithing brass is actually primarily replicant alloy. Nezbere must have switched it while you weren't looking."