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I wrote the handwritten part of the review and took the pictures ages ago, and then forgot to upload or actually post the review http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/LitlJaimo/Fountain%20Pens/Mini%20Decapod%20review.jpg Got this lovely pen a while back from the great folks at Classic Fountain Pens, Inc. (nibs.com). I was dithering between rhodium or ruthenium plating for the nib, and eventually went with ruthenium since I don't have anything in this finish. John ground the nib to a .4mm point and it's lovely. The nib is firm and smooth. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/LitlJaimo/Fountain%20Pens/Mini%20decapod%20flash.jpg The ishime-kanshitsu "stone finish" has a neat tactile feel that's different from anything else I have. The section isn't smooth like the normal urushi pens, but it doesn't have the same ishime-kanshitsu texture. Somewhere in between, I guess. There's a layered depth to the color, so some parts appear more blue in the light. The midori ishime-kanshitsu isn't "green-green" in color as the normal urushi midori pens look. It's more of a marine teal color. So, if you want a grassy green, shamrock green, or evergreen colored pen, don't get the ishime-kanshitsu http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/LitlJaimo/Fountain%20Pens/Mini%20Decapod%20detail.jpg About the same size as a Piccolo. I'm not a huge fan of the Platinum/Nakaya convertors, so I'm not sure another Nakaya is in my future, but I do enjoy the two that I have. Of course, I am quite taken with the ironwood Platinum urushi pens so, there's that... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a50/LitlJaimo/Fountain%20Pens/Comparison.jpg