Hmm. I use bottled ink in a converter, so I don't think about the actual ink level. My Metropolitan with a Fine nib dries out much less than my Medium-nib Lamy

Hmm. I use bottled ink in a converter, so I don't think about the actual ink level. My Metropolitan with a Fine nib dries out much less than my Medium-nib Lamy (especially since Japanese nibs are smaller than European nibs). The bigger issue for me with the Lamy is it drying out on the nib while the nib is in the cap, which might have more to do with the official Lamy ink I've been using than the pen itself.