My thanks to you who offered an opinion on this (and to those who hopefully may still).

I went with the one boss solution out of instinct...they say you should always trust your first impression...but the three bosses don't look too bad to me, either.

The thing is that the three bosses is more "bling" and bling's the thing. If it wasn't we wouldn't be so fixated on chrome cantles and chrome buckles. We'd, at the very least, prefer pewter.

Chrome looks tacky to me. Just my opinion. So I wondered if three antique brass bosses was looking a little tacky too...or at least a little too busy.