Steel nib and syringe: what they have in common
- Step 1. Steel nib — is part of — Fountain pen. A nib.
- Step 2. Fountain pen — is made of — Gold. Expensive nibs are gold: it does not corrode and flexes softly.
- Step 3. Gold — is material for — Coin. The first Lydian coins were made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver.
- Step 4. Coin — is made of — Silver. Silver coins.
- Step 5. Silver — is material for — Syringe. Early needles were silver.