That's interesting - this isn't the first time I've heard reports of snaggy LPefs lately. For those who missed it, there was quite a kerfuffle about a batch which appeared last September with badly misaligned slits. Leonardt were made aware of the problem and undertook to fix it - the nibs from that production run were pretty much unusable and many people returned them - but since the replacements went out a few people have told me that the LPef isn't as good as it was. Since I bought in bulk before all this happened I haven't experienced the new production, but the Principal was never a scratchy nib before. Given the usual retail price and the extravagant claims about the superiority of the product, this needs sorting out pronto.
As for the vintage 303s, they are indeed SUPER MAGIC!
The way things seem to be going, I'd be more inclined to buy the modern 303s over the LPef, on the -
ahem - principle that if you're going to get a scratchy nib, it may as well be cheap.
