Woodex Pens

[hari317]

Woodex is a pen brand based in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. Ebonite pens are colloquially referred to as "Wood" pens in the south, so the name Woodex is apt for a company that specialises in making ebonite pens.

Woodex PDF Catalog

Woodex Dimensions xls 

 

The penmaker is Mr Prabhakar and the person who sells the pens is his son in law Mr Narasimha.

 

I am really impressed with the quality of their pens and outstanding workmanship.

 

Here are a couple of pens that I purchased last month from them:

 

Model 4:

 

 

 

 

The stock nib is a no 35 from Kanwrite in F or M.

 

 

 

Alongside my ever inked Deccan Advocate from 2004:

 

 

The stock M nib from KW is quite good, I might switch in an identical OBB Stub from KW into the pen for daily use.

 

Model 15:

This is the smaller version of the Model 4. The Model 6 is similar but this is slightly fancier with a white dot on the cap top.

 

 

 

 

The Stock nib is a no 5 from Ambitious tipped Fine.

 

 

Compared to Deccan Advocate Jr, and Model 13(steel cap)

 

 

An Indian no 5 nib is 25mm long, 7mm across and sits on a 4.75mm diameter ebonite feeder. The stock F nib is excellent but I need something wider and KW makes only upto B in no 5/5.5 so I have modified the pens section to accept a M200 nib unit.

 

Compared to Mohi Aura:

 

Both pens sport M200 nib units:

 

I have purchased some more Woodex pens, will be showing them in this thread as they arrive.

 

Cheers!

Hari

 

[K Singh]

Beautiful pens Hari. I liked the model 4 best among these two. Maybe I will ask them if they make the same pen in large/jumbo size.

Will have to wait though as I already bought 3 pens last month.

 

 

[hari317]

3 minutes ago, K-Singh said:

Beautiful pens Hari. I liked the model 4 best among these two. Maybe I will ask them if they make the same pen in large/jumbo size.

Will have to wait though as I already bought 3 pens last month.

 

 

Thanks. I will be really interested to see a bigger version of the Model 4. pls do share pics whenever it happens.
Here is another thread reg the model 4 ( now I know it’s model no) where I had posted some pics in comparison to a Big Red. https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/355206-woodex-arabic/

 

 

[K Singh]

8 minutes ago, hari317 said:

Thanks. I will be really interested to see a bigger version of the Model 4. pls do share pics whenever it happens.
Here is another thread reg the model 4 ( now I know it’s model no) where I had posted some pics in comparison to a Big Red. https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/355206-woodex-arabic/

 

 

Thank you for sharing the comparison thread. 
I already bought a gama supreme, guider zimbo and acriv master last month. And have my eyes on gama kuyil next. So this will have to wait for some time I guess. 

[Sagarb]

Thanks for this thread Hari. I have only one model from Woodex that is No 1. Which is superbly built and I am really very impressed about its performance as well. And the warmth of ebonite always been fascinating to me. Another good thing about Woodex is their wide range of models. But only thing I could say that they should take care of the materials which I find not very satisfying..

[hari317]

7 minutes ago, Sagarb said:

Thanks for this thread Hari. I have only one model from Woodex that is No 1. Which is superbly built and I am really very impressed about its performance as well. And the warmth of ebonite always been fascinating to me. Another good thing about Woodex is their wide range of models. But only thing I could say that they should take care of the materials which I find not very satisfying..

Thank you Sagar. I am not sure but I guess they are a v small operation. Given their talent I feel they might do wonders if given SEM or Nikko ebonite rods. Also hardware quality is my general complaint across brands which has a huge scope for improvement. There are only a couple of players for supplying hardware like clips rings and probably a sole player for Indian ebonite who might get to decide who gets what. Given these facts I feel Woodex is a good pen maker and needs to be better known. 
do share some pics of your model 1. 

[txomsy]

Beautiful pens indeed. I certainly like the finish of the model 4.

[hari317]

On 8/4/2021 at 12:47 PM, txomsy said:

Beautiful pens indeed. I certainly like the finish of the model 4.

thanks

[hari317]

 

Inked the pen today with Quink Blue Black. The pen holds 3.54ml ink

 

 

 

 

A sampling of my Indian pens in current rotation:

 

 

The nibs my favorite:

 

Best

Hari

[Sagarb]

22 hours ago, hari317 said:

 

Inked the pen today with Quink Blue Black. The pen holds 3.54ml ink

 

 

 

 

A sampling of my Indian pens in current rotation:

 

 

The nibs my favorite:

 

Best

Hari

Splendid! Love the section of the green one . Are you using it as ED ?

[hari317]

Just now, Sagarb said:

Splendid! Love the section of the green one . Are you using it as ED ?

Thanks Sagar, Yes ED only, to preserve the original character of the pen i have not done any threading work on the section. The Bock nib is friction fit over a NN feed in the section.

[Sagarb]

 

This is my only Woodex, Model No.1

 

 

[snowflake]

Model no 1 (in black) looks quite good.

[hari317]

16 hours ago, Sagarb said:

 

This is my only Woodex, Model No.1

 

 

Nice! 

52 minutes ago, snowflake said:

Model no 1 (in black) looks quite good.

👍

[hari317]

Woodex 21: is a pocket sized pen with an hourglass section.

 

 

The stock nib is an Indian No 4 (25mm long, 6mm across) which sits on a 4.75mm diameter feeder.

 

 

The cap top and barrel end is machined concave:

 

This is a popular pen size in India, shown with the Ratnamson 15 and a Montblanc 34

 

I require a broad nib so I have installed a schmidt nib in the pen, the section is too small for a M200 nib unit,

 

 

 

The model 21 takes 2ml ink

 

Cheers

Hari

 

 

 

 

[hari317]

Woodex Model 26: is a slim fountain pen. I chose the brushed BHR finish.

 

 

 

The stock nib is the so called Indian MB(Montblanc) type

 

 

 

The pen is very similar to the Deccan Shorthand pen which I purchased in 2008. you can read more about it here:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/69757-deccan-shorthand-pen/

 

The pics in that post can be viewed by selecting the entire url, copying it and pasting it in your browser as shown below:

 

Woodex 26 Compared to the Deccan shorthand:

 

 

 

The pen has Conical ends:

 

Compared to a Montblanc Slimline:

 

 

You can see why they call it the MB nib:

 

 

The pen holds approx 1.5ml ink.

 

A relative size comparison:

Bottom to top: woodex 26, 21, 4, 15

 

Comparing the hourglass sections: long, small, large and medium. 

 

Cheers

Hari

 

 

[Yohaanrods]

Thanks for the pics sir! 

[hari317]

Thank you Yohan. 

[Sagarb]

On 8/7/2021 at 4:18 PM, hari317 said:

Woodex 21: is a pocket sized pen with an hourglass section.

 

 

The stock nib is an Indian No 4 (25mm long, 6mm across) which sits on a 4.75mm diameter feeder.

 

 

The cap top and barrel end is machined concave:

 

This is a popular pen size in India, shown with the Ratnamson 15 and a Montblanc 34

 

I require a broad nib so I have installed a schmidt nib in the pen, the section is too small for a M200 nib unit,

 

 

 

The model 21 takes 2ml ink

 

Cheers

Hari

 

 

 

 

Hari, I don't know why but every ordinary pen becomes special after you display it. Every pen you post I feel like buying it..

[hari317]

9 minutes ago, Sagarb said:

Hari, I don't know why but every ordinary pen becomes special after you display it. Every pen you post I feel like buying it..

😀 that means I have been successful. There are several Indian pens in the model 15 form factor, but none have the hourglass section. Also each Woodex is perfectly engineered. All have working inner caps and accurately and appropriately placed cap breather holes. They also believe is very tight nib feed fitting. All good things.

 

I have purchased a few more ordinary pens that I spotted in their catalog, let's see how they turn out.

 

Best

Hari