Actually I had sort of the opposite reaction. I was really afraid I'd come up with some cheesy horrible idea that wouldn't really translate well to the pen and would therefore look bad and I'd be disappointed. I'd read a number of posts where someone let the artists at either Danitrio or Nakaya do either part or ALL of their design work and every one of those pens was stunning. So I figured: leave it to the guy who has devoted his whole life to this art. :P
My husband's response when he saw it, after an oooooo, was "Wow, it is CHUNKY." And it is. This pen has the fattest section of any pen I own, that's taking some getting used to. Not uncomfortable just very different than my slender old Pelikans and Montblanc.
So I came home and got out my REAL camera, here is the pen in all its (dusty) glory. Good luck getting all the dust off these things, the macro lens reveals every bit of fuzz and dog hair. Oh well! (Sorry about the watermark, used the wrong export setting on Lightroom.)
DSC06137 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Here on this one you can see how some of the silver dust is right on the surface and some is really down there under the finish.
DSC06142 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Another close up of the threads and section
DSC06143 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Gin nami
DSC06145 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Down the barrel
DSC06147 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Playful fish
DSC06148 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Sparkles!
DSC06149 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
Obligatory "pen porn" kimono shot.
DSC06151 by JoAndRoses, on Flickr
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