Finishing Kit - a simple question*

Why don’t you just use a 26.0mm Thomson?
Because I can't find one mainly...Sounds weird but I really wanted Cinelli bars(no real reason except they're shiny and silver - v.important), always had Thomson on my MTBs and being unable to fit quill stem precluded use of a Cinelli/Nitto...

Oh and those Nitto lugged stems are grim. The ideal I guess would be to find one of those Nitto aheads in 26.0mm.
Why would you say they are grim in one sentence, then say it's the ideal the next?