I bought a Monteverde Sequoia fountain pen at the DC pen show from the company table and of course the pens looks wonderful, if only it would write! Leave the pen for five minutes and it is very hard to get the ink to start flowing. Now, once it does start flowing it is wet, and wonderful. I have cleaned the pen out with warm water and small amount of detergent, and for a day that seemed to work, but now it is back to being impossible to start.
Any suggestions, any thoughts, aside from throw the pen away?

Brian