I have to say that my pen from Desiderata doesn't skip like yours.

I regard the pen as a specialty tool/pen, not an EDC pen. It stays at my desk with the nib up to preserve the nib. The writing experience isn't glassy smooth, but I don't experience skips unless I am writing too fast or at a bad angle.

At the LA Pen Show, I met the owner/operator of Desiderata and got to play to with several of his pens before I bought one. There was one pen that skipped and had hard start issues.

He had to fiddle with the nib/feed until the issues went away. From what he said, the nib needs to be inserted to a certain depth to work reliably.

The only inks I've used so far were Noodler's Apache Sunset and Wancher violet.

The nib does require a certain amount of care in order for it to not corrode which leads to skipping. From the documentation: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53bcc789e4b0eb57996f6f0a/t/548efc22e4b0b7d30895ae7f/1418656802775/Desiderata+Instruction+Manual.pdf

Nib replacement. If you purchased this pen for use with a disposable dip nib, such as the Zebra G, remember that these nibs are disposable, and were never designed for permanent use. For the longest possible nib life, you must remove and clean the nib after every use. That said, if you just dried the nib tip at the end of the day, you’re still in better shape than you would be if you never cleaned it. One customer simply taps it, nib up, a few times to drain the ink out of the nib, and thoroughly wipes the tip of it dry with a cloth. At the time of this writing, he’s had his for about 3 months, and his nib still works great. Another 5 option is to simply flush it with water at the end of the day, dry off the nib tip and let the pen dry out. I switch inks a lot, and that’s what I do. The dip nibs with which my pens are compatible were chosen for their price, durability, availability, and/or their performance. They will wear out eventually. If you keep the nib in your pen continuously, without cleaning, the wear and degradation manifests, gradually, as a loss of the finer aspects of the nib’s highest performance; scratchiness, poor flex, bad hairlines, etc.