Visconti Opera Master - Won't Fill - Why?

[syntax]

Hi, I've purchased a Visconti Opera Master, which has the double-reservoir filling system. I'm trying to fill it just as the videos show. I hear the click, and then... nothing but a spattering of ink goes into the lower reservoir, and nothing above. Does anyone know what could cause this? I'm baffled.

Edited December 1, 2018 by syntax

[Ghost Plane]

Have you completely covered the nib in the ink all the way onto the section? Are you holding the nib in the ink for at least 5 seconds to give it time to suck?

[syntax]

I realized that the bottle I was using (Sailor) was too short. Switched to an Iro ink and it worked. Feeling sheepish. Thank you!

[Ghost Plane]

You’re welcome. Glad I could help.

[Mulrich]

I realized that the bottle I was using (Sailor) was too short. Switched to an Iro ink and it worked. Feeling sheepish. Thank you!

 

I love Sailor inks but their squatty bottles are really annoying. I usually end up using a c/c pen with Sailor inks just because I can fill the converter directly in the bottle. Most of my pens with a piston or vacuum filler don't work with the Sailor bottles at all (I'll sometimes transfer Sailor ink into a Visconti traveling ink well if I really want to use a piston pen with a Sailor ink).

[Ghost Plane]

I love Sailor inks but their squatty bottles are really annoying. I usually end up using a c/c pen with Sailor inks just because I can fill the converter directly in the bottle. Most of my pens with a piston or vacuum filler don't work with the Sailor bottles at all (I'll sometimes transfer Sailor ink into a Visconti traveling ink well if I really want to use a piston pen with a Sailor ink).

 

You need a Pineider pen filler. I’m so addicted that I have 3 so I can rotate inks. Suddenly I’m using up all the inks in the squat bottles.

[Mulrich]

You need a Pineider pen filler. I’m so addicted that I have 3 so I can rotate inks. Suddenly I’m using up all the inks in the squat bottles.

 

 

Is the Pineider filler better than the Visconti traveling ink well? I haven't looked that closely into the Pineider because I figured the Visconti was close enough. I guess at $25 the Pineider is cheap enough to buy regardless.