Many of us in the Tampa Bay Area go to Amazon Hose to have hydraulic hose made up. No relation to Bezos.

Give them a call and tell him what you're using it for, length and ends.
http://www.amazonhose.com/locations/tampa/

I just replaced ours 2 years ago…I was astounded at the price of SS fittings. They were easily 2-3X more than brass. For me it didn’t make sense. I went with brass. As you stated many of the old hoses are chrome coated brass. If you want SS you have to pay to play. There are only a few manufacturers that supply them. You do realize that brass has excellent corrosion resistance qualities. Brass is probably already used elsewhere on your boat in the bilge. It just doesn’t look as fancy.

I also had a hard time sourcing the aerotec black hose that’s rated to 2200-2500 psi.

good luck

i have those hoses if you want them, just cover my shipping to you. four of them, #6 stainless fitting, about 17 inches long. let me know

This article gives reasons why not to use Brass below the water line in salt water.

https://www.cruisingworld.com/how/down-brass-tacks/

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I'm headed to Amazon hose tomorrow for a hose for the Skater.

Most of the fittings used on hyd steering hoses are brass. They are just SS or nickle plated.

it’s done for aesthetic honestly. We had hydraulic hoses from factory that were coated…by the time the hoses dry rotted, none of them had coating anymore. The brass was showing thru and they were fine.

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Here were the hoses after 13 years. Maybe more…as you can see the coating was long gone.