Airmail/wality 69 Family.

[hari317]

Superb find. Thanks so much for sharing. 

[hari317]

30 minutes ago, Abhishek Walwaikar said:

𝗣𝗲𝗻 : 𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗼 𝟲𝟵 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂
(Grand daddy of Airmail/ Wality ) 
This is a very special pen from the house of Airmail. 

 

History : 
A company called  Enayatali & Co. in Mumbai used to get their pens made from Airmail between 1950-70s . 
This pen is a model from 1962. This is one of the earliest demonstrator pen made from the house of Airmail - a design that is now the hallmark of the company. 
The beautiful big nib also a typical Airmail feature. The craftsmanship on the pen is top notch. The beautiful body and use of brass on the cap and clip adds a rich feel to the black cap. 
Mohammed bhai the owner of Enayatali & Co. was graceful to sell this pen to me. This is a unique model and not many have survived the test of time. Holding on to a piece of history and legacy makes you only feel more responsible for it. 

Sharing it with all Wality/ Airmail lovers. 

Lovely pics. Pls also share a pic of the feeder. Thanks. 

[hari317]

Pls help me out with which setup is more aesthetically pleasing of the following two:

 

 

 

[Sagarb]

On 6/18/2021 at 12:13 PM, hari317 said:

This was a custom order directly from Airmail pen co. 69TL in solid black, plain barrel with name engraving. I am using this pen since last few days. Brings back a lot of old memories. 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice Hari..!

[cvk]

12 hours ago, hari317 said:

Pls help me out with which setup is more aesthetically pleasing of the following two:

 

 

 

The left one looks more majestic imho. 

[hari317]

5 minutes ago, cvk said:

The left one looks more majestic imho. 

Thanks CVK. 

[hari317]

The Bock 076 could be the ideal match. I don’t have one at hand. So making do with the FH341. Threaded into section thus offering excellent ink buffering. The Fs and Ms don’t have breather holes on this nib unit. 

 

 

[smruthib]

Got my first wality yestetday. It's gorgeous. It's the 69T inked with Krishna Azaelia Flora with stock nib.

[hari317]

2 hours ago, smruthib said:

Got my first wality yestetday. It's gorgeous. It's the 69T inked with Krishna Azaelia Flora with stock nib.

👍

[Sagarb]

4 hours ago, smruthib said:

Got my first wality yestetday. It's gorgeous. It's the 69T inked with Krishna Azaelia Flora with stock nib.

Congrats

[hari317]

Wality 69T with JoWo no 5 nib unit and Schmidt converter: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[amberleadavis]

7 hours ago, hari317 said:

Wality 69T with JoWo no 5 nib unit and Schmidt converter: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks great and wonderful pictures.

[hari317]

11 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

Looks great and wonderful pictures.

Thanks

[K Singh]

Had somehow missed this thread earlier. Enjoyed reading all the comments.

 

Had no idea others were using Sheaffer feeds with their Walities since 2008. And your tip on finding out the maximum exposed nib length supported by the cap is excellent Sir, though I had already read it somewhere in one of your other comments on FPN.

10 hours ago, hari317 said:

Wality 69T with JoWo no 5 nib unit and Schmidt converter: 

 

Love the color of this Wality. Very fresh. How is your writing experience with these Jowo nibs Sir. Without the tipping, they should give lot of feedback, right?

[hari317]

25 minutes ago, K Singh said:

Had somehow missed this thread earlier. Enjoyed reading all the comments.

 

Had no idea others were using Sheaffer feeds with their Walities since 2008. And your tip on finding out the maximum exposed nib length supported by the cap is excellent Sir, though I had already read it somewhere in one of your other comments on FPN.

 

Love the color of this Wality. Very fresh. How is your writing experience with these Jowo nibs Sir. Without the tipping, they should give lot of feedback, right?

The Sheaffer feed idea is indeed an old one. The inner cap depth determination idea is also quite old. 
 

This color is quite nice. Got it from ASA Subbu. The JoWo nib is very smooth and nice. But you have to hold the nib at the correct angle. 👍

[K Singh]

30 minutes ago, hari317 said:

The Sheaffer feed idea is indeed an old one. The inner cap depth determination idea is also quite old. 
 

This color is quite nice. Got it from ASA Subbu. The JoWo nib is very smooth and nice. But you have to hold the nib at the correct angle. 👍

Good to know about the nib. Thanks 👍

 

I came to know about the advantage of Sheaffer feeds from you only Sir 🙏 

[hari317]

11 hours ago, K Singh said:

Good to know about the nib. Thanks 👍

 

I came to know about the advantage of Sheaffer feeds from you only Sir 🙏 

🙏🏼

[AgedAndFine]

Thank you for the tip to put a Sheaffer No Nonsense feed in the Wality 69.  I have a 69p and loved the way it wrote but could not tolerate its propensity to leak in the cap.  So I relegated it to the junk box.  It so happened that I had an old Sheaffer school pen with a broken nib in the same junk pen box, and I managed to salvage its feed and resurrect it in the Wality.  I now have a fantastic writer that (so far) has not leaked, and feel cautiously optimistic that it will stay that way.

 

I can confirm that most Sheaffer school pens as well as the Award and Javelin have the same feed.

[hari317]

On 8/3/2022 at 7:40 PM, hari317 said:

The Sheaffer feed idea is indeed an old one. The inner cap depth determination idea is also quite old. 
 

This color is quite nice. Got it from ASA Subbu. The JoWo nib is very smooth and nice. But you have to hold the nib at the correct angle. 👍

Well done !

[AgedAndFine]

Unfortunately the Sheaffer feed in the Wality didn't help the leak from the body of the pen resulting in inky fingers all the time......probably a fine crack at the ink view window that I could not see.  Total junk.

 

However, since I liked the Wality nib a LOT, I did the reverse surgery.  Put the Wality nib in a Sheaffer Javelin, and it works amazingly well with NO LEAK.  All is not lost.