Nib replating
Many high-end fountain pens have a (partial) rhodium plated nib to create a two- or three-tone effect.
This plating can damage or wear off during the years due to wiping the ink off the nib after filling or a repair.
I can restore the rhodium and gold mask on your nib in the original style or I can plate your nib in a custom style if preferred.
Please take a look at the pictures below or contact me to see what’s possible.
Please note that rhodium and gold plating is very thin. It will not fill up any pitting or scratches.
Before and after pictures
This 18k solid gold Parker Duofold 1st generation Centennial fountain pen nib suffered from wiping after each fill during the years. The rhodium plated arrow was worn and the yellow gold became visible through the old rhodium mask, especially near the breather hole.
Before replating the arrow, the nib was tested, cleaned, polished and the rhodium arrow was successfully restored to it’s original condition.
The gold plating on a Montegrappa extra 1930 turtle nib was restored again in it’s original 3-tone style after the plating was damaged.
This Pelikan nib was originally yellow gold. It is plated in the original two-tone style.
Nib plating customizations
Beside replating the original rhodium on fountain pen nibs I can also customize your nib.
I can plate nibs in full white rhodium and partial white rhodium to creat a two-tone or three tone effect.
Please take a look at the examples below.
This sailor 14k (585) nib was originally in single-tone yellow gold. I custom plated this nib in a three-tone style which gives the pen a very classy style.
Here is a Cross Century II fountain pen in a very nice solid blue metallic finish.
It originally has a stainless steel nib but it has been replaced for a solid 18k medium nib.
I created a two-tone style with rhodium to match the silver parts of the pen.
This Waterman Hemisphere is originally fitted with a steel nib.
The original steel nib was replaced by a new solid 18ct gold (750) nib (Waterman Preface).
It was customized with a full white rhodium plating to match the trims of the pen.
These are some examples of possible nib customizations based on the Montblanc 149 nib.