For me, it's not the look, it's the stainless. I had to repair, modify, and maintain a couple of large machines that were made entirely of SS for the food packaging industry and grew a dislike for stainless. The chromium content makes it hard to drill and tap yet the threads are so soft they pull right out or strip. It has no "lubricity" so you'd better use anti-seize on everything or it will gall and cold-weld. It work-hardens so quickly that bolt heads will snap off after tightening them a few times. The fasteners are unrated (as in Grade 5 or Grade 8) because the tensile strength is so low. It will dull HSS tooling (ie, hacksaw blades, drill bits) after a single use so carbide tooling is a must, and even that dulls quickly. Forget about using a cutoff wheel or cutoff saw...abrasives don't work well at all, so grinding and cutting is a chore. It's pretty to look at but hard to work with.
