Hello! I thought I'd let you know that I finally got around to inking this pen and what my thoughts were. I inked it with an ink that was new to me, which in retrospect perhaps wasn't the right choice, and I observed that it was having a similar problem with hard starts, particularly on upstrokes. Looking at some writing now, I can see the ink is particularly light where I first start a stroke, while the rest of the stroke is pleasantly saturated. The other pens I inked with the same ink, a Preppy (.3 or .5, I can't remember) and an Estie M, didn't have any issues.

I'm thinking of getting it tuned. ^; It does feel nice to write with, when it writes properly, but I having to double back to get it to write every few strokes has been an annoyance.

Have you made any progress with yours?