Pimp my Wality

[SecretAgentMan]

I like the Wality piston-filler I bought. I'm wondering how it might be "pimped"? What nib could I add to it? Upgrade/refurb of the filler system? Refinishing it? I don't particularly care if the price of the upgrades equals the price of a more-expensive "quality" pen. My fantasy car is a Buick Park Avenue modified to perform like a muscle car but without external signs. Call the design objective here the "stealth Wality." Any ideas?

[HenryLouis]

Why don't you grind a nib, I just did it to my hero 616.. be careful however

 

http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/nibs.html <- Good tutorial

[Johnny Appleseed]

I have replaced the nibs in Wality pens with Sheaffer and Waterman 14K nibs. However, I also really like the Wality nibs, and one of my favorite Wality pens had an original nib that I stubbed. They really are nice nibs that can be modified well.

 

I don't know about the piston-fillers, which I understand to be quite reliable fillers. If the feed can be swapped out for something with a more modern, deeply-combed feed, that will probabaly improve the performance. The large Wality ED pens (69T et al) take a Sheaffer Cartridge pen or no-nonsense feed without any modification, but I am not sure about the piston-filler feeds.

 

Of course, you can also get fancy and adapt them to take a Triumph nib, or something like that, but that takes lathe work to do it right.

 

John

[Irish Spartan]

Since we are discussing the Wality. I have a 52 and I don't know if this is common, but I have noticed some ink has crept up past the piston. I can see it when I move the piston all the way down (during flushing, etc.) is there any way to take it apart and clean it, or somehow seal it so I don't have any more ink leak up into the piston? I am sure if I could seal it, I would be able to suck up more ink in one twist than constantly bleeding out the air and sucking up more.

 

By the way, if this is utterly confusing, by all means pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

[SecretAgentMan]

I have replaced the nibs in Wality pens with Sheaffer and Waterman 14K nibs. However, I also really like the Wality nibs, and one of my favorite Wality pens had an original nib that I stubbed. They really are nice nibs that can be modified well.

 

I don't know about the piston-fillers, which I understand to be quite reliable fillers. If the feed can be swapped out for something with a more modern, deeply-combed feed, that will probabaly improve the performance. The large Wality ED pens (69T et al) take a Sheaffer Cartridge pen or no-nonsense feed without any modification, but I am not sure about the piston-filler feeds.

 

Of course, you can also get fancy and adapt them to take a Triumph nib, or something like that, but that takes lathe work to do it right.

 

John

 

I know No-nonsense pens, but what's a "Sheaffer Cartridge" pen?

 

[Jimmy James]

I have replaced the nibs in Wality pens with Sheaffer and Waterman 14K nibs. However, I also really like the Wality nibs, and one of my favorite Wality pens had an original nib that I stubbed. They really are nice nibs that can be modified well.

 

I don't know about the piston-fillers, which I understand to be quite reliable fillers. If the feed can be swapped out for something with a more modern, deeply-combed feed, that will probabaly improve the performance. The large Wality ED pens (69T et al) take a Sheaffer Cartridge pen or no-nonsense feed without any modification, but I am not sure about the piston-filler feeds.

 

Of course, you can also get fancy and adapt them to take a Triumph nib, or something like that, but that takes lathe work to do it right.

 

John

 

I know No-nonsense pens, but what's a "Sheaffer Cartridge" pen?

That's the name for the generally translucent pens a lot of folks might call the school pen. Translucent barrel, chrome cap.