Originally Posted by paulv
Thanks for the suggestions for a fork like that Dei, I should have said I was picky... it's for an Italian frame from the early 70s. It saddens me to have to put a brake on it in the first place but I intend to do it as 'elegantly' as possible, there are threads popping up regularly on this forum about drilled forks, and Colnago road forks are auctioned on eBay almost weekly, which is what I'll be putting on the frame if nothing better comes up. I talked to framebuilders but the quotes for a fork were around $600 chromed, which is just too much. I posted in this thread because of its 'Italian' focus and vintage bias. So no mismatched paintjobs or $20 Taiwanese fork thank you... and no threadless fork either
you may want to check with a local plater. They do jobs in batches, and might toss in your fork for a lot less than what a builder would charge. The advantage of going with a builder is that he could replicate the dimensions of the original fork, whereas whatever you buy on ebay would be a crapshoot.