Will you chrome it and then paint the legs or paint the whole fork?

I'll be a bit vulnerable here. I hope you school me (as the young folk might say):

I don't disagree with avoiding stainless but I will be a bit more charitable for our guys in Waterford. My pragmatic and analytical side says - in this case, the strength of the joining seems well matched to the material properties as they both failed under the same stressor. So, is stainless really the problem? I know you're not saying stainless is bad but from a philosophical standpoint, this seems like an ideal failure where the joint failed with the parent material. Obviously, making a lighter crown of steel (better adhesion) and having this equal failure would be better (i.e. lighter) but for what it is, this doesn't seem like worst case scenario.

I don't know if there is a question buried in there and obviously, I'm assuming the separation of the lug from the leg didn't cause the leg deformation etc etc etc.

Thank you sincerely for sharing here.