In the next update (2.0.0) I will reduce amount of new IDs from 2366 to 2, it will be done the same way as 1.17 shields are made.
The only problem I need to solve (which can take months for me) is to make them render properly when placed.

Agreed. While I myself might only use one variant, I still enjoy having the choice, if I so choose, to be able to switch up the colors or if I have to use different materials because of lack of another. Cheers to the folk who make the variants to crafting allowing simple diversity of reality.

Well if you don't want it - don't download it. But i do highly appreciate the work these people do, yeah, maybe small, insignificant and purely cosmetical, but they add the depth to the game. And that's cool

Always wanted to ask people making these kind of mods - why? Why isn't one variant enough? Game is already full of same items with different textures to the point where a handbook lags.