Point me in the direction of a beautiful, reasonably priced quill stem with a removable face plate. Everything apart from that super rare Mavic one look like dog poo.
See my bike on the previous page with the 3ttt Evol 2002, it has a clamshell opening design that is hidden by the front plate so it looks super clean. There are a few similar designs from the 90s 3ttt range.
You really don't have to. They are pointless.