Finally cleaned out and inked an Ohto Dude pen I was gifted at a con meet a couple of years ago. Um...
Pen body is nice. Nib is *horrible*. I had the same thing with the Ohto Rook I bought some years ago, although that improved after being used for a week or so. Looks like the same nib, so maybe it will improve. If not it is heading for the container with the candidates for "Jules learns how to adjust nibs", along with the Tasche that also has this problem, and the other Rook, and there seems to be a common theme here. Of the four Ohto pens I have, 3 of them have horrible nibs out of the box, and the 4th arrived second hand with a horrible nib. The other thing I see in reviews of the Rook and Tasche is that the starter ink cartridge they come with tends to be horrible. I do not need more pens anyway, but I am certainly not spending money on another Tasche, even if they are otherwise good pens.
(I love my black Rook and do not regret buying it and the silver one, but the silver one is probably getting a nib transplant at some point.)
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