I am thinking about picking up a couple Wality 69L pens, having heard good things about them here.

One question, Roger said it might be lacquer over some kind of metal. So does that mean this is a heavier pen? I prefer pens that are lighter (most Pelikans and vintage pens). The Levenger Seas and the Pel 800 are the heaviest in my stable, as I never enjoy anything heavier.

Thanks.

My Wality is quite light. I don't think it is going to be too heavy for anyone.

Andy

Just weighed the following:

Wality 69L = 0.7 ounce
Parker 51 Aero = 0.7 ounce
Waterman Phileas = 0.8 ounce
Esterbrook J Series = 0.5-0.6 ounce

So, it's not a heavy pen, by any stretch, and now that I've weighed the Wality, I suspect that it is not lacquer over metal, but an acrylic resin, instead.

Nope, both the eye dripper (it drips a bit as the air volume replaces the ink volume) and the piston filler are plastic and light.

My experience with the eyedropper has been drippy as well. But the piston filler has had no problems at all. Good luck!

That's interesting as mine hasn't been drippy. I have only put two loads (and I do mean loads) through it, so my experience level isn't high, but those loads have written very well. I also applied the smoothing mylar to the nib. It wasn't bad OOTB, but it's better now!

I noticed a couple discussions elsewhere on people having trouble with drippy/leaky Wality's, but it seemed the consensus was that the nib and feed had gotten loose. So in re-setting the nib and feed firmly the trouble went away. Perhaps I am overstating the results of those discussions, but that was my initial impression.

Mine only drips one blob each time I turn it to write after the tank gets down near the bottom. I thought it had to do with the air pressure equilization as the mass of ink creating the old back volume of air creating the vacuum gets smaller. Mine might benefit from resetting as it is very wet. However since it only drips once for each writing session and it does it slowly, I can catch the "blob" with a tissue, so I have grown accustome to it.

I have also had no problems with the 69L piston filler. It is in all respect other than the metal furnishings superior to my example of the pelikan m605.