I wonder if there is a fundamental flaw with this pen. I cannot get it to stop leaking. I've never had to much ink on my fingers. I have 12 other fountain pens ranging from TWSBI Eco cheap to Esterbrook expensive and not a single one of them leaks on my fingers as I'm writing. I think it might be the clip on lid. It seems like the process of removing the lid each time, creates a kind of air-lock inside, which then sucks the ink from the nib as the lid is removed. I'm going to drain the pen of ink and then take it apart and have a look. Either way, I'm not happy. Yeah, it's cheap, but it should still function properly.