I picked up my Medici from Ron Boi and RRB yesterday. He straightened the fork for me. The chrome is fairly beat up. I asked him who he would recommend I take it to for rechroming. His response was he does not recommend rechroming, as the chrome removal process can leach out some of the braze metal, weakening the joints. Instead, he suggested I either paint the fork or hunt around for a perfect replacement. The former option wouldn't be how the frame was first built (and would still require some sort of chrome removal or at least scuffing). I think the latter option would be nearly impossible.

I respect Ron's advice. After all, he's been at this for a long while. At the same time, other well-respected people in the industry like Joe Bell offer rechroming services, so Ron's perspective must not be held uniformly throughout the industry. I tried a bit of Googling, but all I came up with were questions about brazing over chrome. Any pointers to this issue would be appreciated.