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A photograph to show the current extent of my 'collection' of pens that are, although not made from precious metal, still Shiny. The pens on the top row are all Parkers. L → R they are: 45, Made in France, early 1970s, steel 'EF' nib; 45, Made in England, early 1970s, 14k gold 'M' nib; 45, Made in England, mid-late 1970s, steel 'M' nib; 25, Made in England, 1979, nib unmarked, but I think 'M'; 'Jotter', Made in UK, 2004, 'M' nib; Vector, Made in India by Luxor, 2014 'F' nib; Sonnet, Made in France, 2007, steel 'M' nib; Frontier, Made in India by Luxor, 2014, 'F' nib - this pen often lends its cap to my Made-in-UK Frontier in 'Luna Grey', because I broke the clip off that pen's cap ; Urban, Made in France?, 2015, 'F' nib. The three pens shown underneath the Parkers, top → bottom: Sheaffer Triumph (model 444), 1980s, 'F' nib; WH Smith cartridge pen, ~ 2010, 'M' 'Iridium Point Germany' nib ← this pen's feed starves its nib. It once had a black sibling that did likewise. One of them broke my first Pelikan converter. I cannot disassemble the pen to futz with its nib/feed (in the process of discovering this fact, its black sibling got destroyed), so it has, sadly, been relegated to languishing in the Drawer of Shame ; Waterman Graduate, 1990s, 'F' nib.