I've always love how these kind of pens look like. It seems like the part(I don't know what it's called) is already art itself. When I was young I wanted to write with these kind of pens simply because I like the way they looked.

The black background was a good choice. It helps by hiding the pen a little, but not too much and makes the picture appear little more mysterious than it would have been with any other background I can think of.

beautiful

I like the engraving blending with the background. Nice job

excellent macro capture, .......... and the word you look for Shikyo, is 'nib'.

adeincyprus, thank you. It's always a pleasure to learn something new. The day we die is the day we stop learning, I'd hope.