Restoring a 206GTI gearknob?

[Niall]

I had a genuine pug sport alloy one in my 1.8 which wasn't too different from that, it was either cold as fook during the winter or hotter than the surface of the sun the rest of the time!

Leather ones are better IMO. Either that or one of those pool ball ones from eBay haha

This. Them metal ones are horrible although if your adamant, I'd take some 2000 grit paper over it then polish it up.