The 1911 is the best looking semiauto pistol ever made.
The 1911 is the best looking gun, but this example is not a great one. A tigger shoe? Jeeze. A square trigger guard, a weird 70s style that thankfully has died out. The grips, horrible. The silver highlights on a black gun, tacky. It's a time piece, at best. Well now it has been converted to an object lesson.
Not only that, but best overall package too, excellent delivery (like a freight train hitting a greyhound bus), and for the amount of power it has it doesn't have a problem stopping the way some less powerful pistols do.
The best reason to sing its praises is by results. Official tool of G men and made men for almost a century...