The whys and wherefores should not be terribly interesting to the wider group, and would only further shine a light on my eccentricities.
My question is whether anyone has successfully polished off some (or all) of the rhodium plating from a yellow gold nib? In particular, I would like to turn a fully rhodium plated M805 nib into a two-tone nib as provided with the M800. If that is too complicated, I would be happy with a full yellow gold nib.
I have approached a number of local jewellers who have all said it is technically possible to remove the rhodium plating by polishing, but they have expressed concern about either bending the nib out of alignment or gunking up the feed with their polishing effluvium.
Has anyone done something similar? How would you assess the risk of ruining a delightful nib?
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