Tips for hand-shy small birds

[TinyTimneh]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone had some tips for me, I need some help with the linnie.

 

I would think he is tame (he'll stretch a wing greeting when he sees me and takes food from my hand without hesitation) and he likes to hang out on my shoulder and whistle up a storm. He'll fall asleep on my chest if I'm lying on the couch watching tv (what a sweetie). He'll also occaisionally respond to my whistles etc, mostly if he's out of his cage though and with me. He loves when I give him a bath and if he ends up on the floor he'll scurry over to me to get help to get up to where he was, he also steps up from inside his cage very well (although if I approach too quickly he'll run away).

 

But for all this he is hand-shy. If I try to reach for him to step up when he's on his cage he usually will run and if I try to pet him he'll run away too.

If I hold him in my hand and pet him he'll close his eyes and seems to enjoy it but he moves away from me unless he's cupped in my hand or something.

 

I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for me to help him stop being so hand-shy so I can pet him (because he seems to like it, plus he's full of itchy pinfeathers)?