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Does this nib have baby's bottom? It's a Montblanc 149 B nib. I can draw circles and swirls for as long as I want to so it's not a flow problem. It hard starts/skips after I pause in writing for 5 seconds or more. Sometimes it skips an entire stroke but sometimes only the first half of the letter.
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Some time ago I bought a superb Omas 361 - at the moment it is very difficult to get ink to the nib (shaking the pen helps) If I leave the pen overnight no ink to the nib, leave it for a half day then it starts writing but stops after a few words. Any advice re how to get the pen to start first time...
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I got a Lamy 2000 a month ago, and it had problems with hard starting and skipping - unfortunate, but not entirely unsurprising given the reputation of the pen I've found on these forums and elsewhere. I have resolved to get it looked at by a nibmeister in the near future, and I managed to browbeat...
