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A 149 Rhodinated By Tom Westerich

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During my holidays in Italy, I had the opportunity to visit Tom Westerich of penboard.de at his home in Caprafico near Pescara in the Abruzzo. I had to pick up some goodies I ordered from him. One of these was a MB 149 that had to be rhodinated. Since the nib is perfect and one way or another a rhodinated nib was a bit over the top, we decided not to touch the nib. Well the result is immaculate. Some pictures, mind you in the macro business I am still in the trial and error stage, so pics aren't perfect.

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A big thank you to Tom for the nice job, the hospitality and the tips he gave about nib tuning.

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That is stunning. I love my 146. It is my favourite pen so far. I just wish it had white metal trim.

 

Please would you be prepared to share how much that cost?

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Beautiful pen, opooh! Use it well...

Can you share details about the other goodies you picked up from Tom?

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That is stunning. I love my 146. It is my favourite pen so far. I just wish it had white metal trim.

 

Please would you be prepared to share how much that cost?

Contact Tom on penboard.de, he will be pleased to answer.
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An elegant turn on an already elegant pen.

 

A question: What, exactly, is "rhondinating"? Obviously, it's a metal treatment of some sort, but perhaps you might elaborate on the materials, the process and the expected longevity of the finished product.

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That is stunning. I love my 146. It is my favourite pen so far. I just wish it had white metal trim.

 

Please would you be prepared to share how much that cost?

 

I recently sold a 149 on here and it appeared soon after 'rhodinated' and featured in a thread on this forum. I did enquire as to the cost incurred and the new owner informed me that as a one off he was charged £120 but in multiples the price dropped to £75 per pen. The prices here are in GBP.

A wise man once said    " the best revenge is wealth "   but a wiser man answered back    " the best revenge is happiness "

 

The true definition of madness - Doing the same thing everyday and expecting different results......

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Lovely Opooh!

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Classy looking pen!

 

Tom does great work and good guy to deal with.....

 

Enjoy!

FP Addict & Pretty Nice Guy

 

 

 

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Wow!! That is an amazing job. It's either your camera/lighting or his work, but that looks a lot nicer than others I've seen. Thank you for the comparison next to the RG and YG plated. I hope MB does this at some point!

I keep thinking about selling some of my pens but all that happens is I keep acquiring more!

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Wow, that looks so amazing. The 146 is my favorite pen and yours is beautiful. Tempted to have one of mine done. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.

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Tom is incredible. Great great mb guy. I have one I bought from him and couldn't be happier. Also have a platinum 146, nice pen.....

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A question: What, exactly, is "rhodinating"? Obviously, it's a metal treatment of some sort, but perhaps you might elaborate on the materials, the process and the expected longevity of the finished product.

 

I believe it's rhodium-plating, though I could be wrong.

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congrats on your 149 ;)

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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I am so grateful to have seen this thread!

 

I was at Charles De Gaulle duty-free last week and saw a floating 149 and all I could think was, "if this was silver/plat/rhod ANYTHING, i wouldn't have hesitated, not for a second!

 

Lovely pen!

 

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