Experience of new redesigned Visconti Opera Master

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Hi everyone,

I am a long time lurker on this forum but this is my first post. My first and only Visconti was a Homo Sapiens Bronze Age with a 23k Pd EF nib. It was my best nib but I found the pen slightly uncomfortable due to the slightly thicker section. However all the discomfort was counterbalanced by the really awesome nib. It made the pen worth it. It seemed I had won the Visconti nib lottery. Unfortunately, I dropped the pen and the nib developed some serious problems and I sold off the pen. However my awesome experience with the nib made me a Visconti fan.

 

Recently, after selling a bunch of pens I ordered the new Visconti Opera Master Polynesia in 18k EF nib and am expecting this pen in the next 10 - 15 days. I bought this pen primarily because of three reasons:

1) First (or one of the first) Visconti pen with in house 18k nib

2) It seems the new Opera Master redesign has supposedly made the section thinner and the whole pen less top heavy

3) Demonstrator pen with the awesome double reservoir power filler (useful for large ink capacity as I do not change inks frequently)

 

I am still worried about the metal section of the pen as I have oily hands (one of the other reasons I like the lava section on my Homo Sapiens).  Can anyone who owns this pen or the new Visconti Opera Master Oceanic or Amber (the other two new design Opera Masters) let me know their experience regarding the nib, section slickness and the overall comfort with the pen? Just as an FYI, I have medium sized hands and am able to use pens of size comparable to Pelikan M800 comfortably.

 

Thanks in advance!