Machka, Rowan, considering your strong feelings regarding Machak as an irreplaceable treasure, I hesitate to suggest you may ever want to have it repainted. If you ever did, however, that ding could easily be filled and covered. You may be surprised how many small dings and dents are hidden under paint on even brand new steel frames. Until they are stripped for rework and/or repainting, no one ever knows (except the builder). I understand your rationale for substituting the steel fork for the original carbon one. I am a little surprised, however, that you didn't go with a lugged steel fork with an elegant crown. Of if you didn't think that would have been aesthetically compatible, perhaps a fully sloping Cinelli style crown without external lugs to match your lugless frame better. Although the choice was, of course, yours, I personally find those much more attractive than unicrowns. Any thoughts on that you would care to share with us?