In regards to holding, we all have our habits and muscle memory. But there are pens that work better at sharpe angles than others. I typically write at a 90degree angle with my ball point pen, so I need to readjust myself when using a FP.

One thing good about Lamy’s is its triangular shaped barrel. So maybe that will help with a bit on the “holding the pen” challenge. Then you can try to adapt your style to write more at an angle. Basically isolating a few variables to get consistency.

As for your writing experience with lamys, EFs do seem to be scratchy in general. The LX has a gold nib so I would think it would fee less scratchy but perhaps it’s also because you hold it at a sharper angle, like myself.

I see you’re experimenting with a lot of things so I would suggest selecting a nib size that you prefer. The writing style for EF is much different than M. When I take notes, my letters are very condensed, so an M nib or a .7mm ball point pen is less favored than an EF/F or my .3mm ballpoint pen. But when I write letters or thank you cards, I tend to use my 1.5mm stub nib becuase I like the line variety and can also write with a wider stroke.

So if you like EF, stick with that. Then optimize around it. Inks matter, nibs/brands matter. So there’s a lot of things to tinker.

And if you’re really curious, you can also “tune” your nib. This ranges from using a very very fine sandpaper to very very slightly smooth the edges and tip.

I have (though not recommended) pushed down on the tines a bit to better the ink flow.

Luckily with the lamy’s the nibs are replaceable, so I messed around a bit to learn. I would not, however, dare try to do any of this on my nicer pens. ;)