That's too bad about the Duke. Dukes have decent reputations so I bought a Beijing Opera 805. It was bit of a dry writer so I tweaked it. No problems with it after that. My only thing against it is that the nib seems to me to be a #2 or at the most a #3. The pen would've looked better with a slightly larger nib. Other than that, it's a beautiful well-made pen.
About the Kaigelu - I'd get a Kaigelu Parker lookalike in a heartbeat if it weren't so heavy.
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