Hyderabad adventure

[hari317]

6 hours ago, lascosas said:

First, a comparison of the Woodex 39, 54 & Deccan Masterpiece.  The prices of the three are 3,700, 3,500 and 6,500.  The Woodex both have Ambitious #40 nibs.  The Deccan has a Kanwrite #6.  Woodex sold me a few individual Ambitious nibs #40 @300 each and #5 @ 100.  You can see the huge difference in size. 

 

One odd thing about all of the Woodex with #40 Ambitious nibs is that they sit way up.  None of the feeds are "properly" fitted into the grip, but stick up, and when you look at the end of the feed from the inside, it is way up there.  I have not yet inked any of these, but this seems odd to me.  Does anyone else have an opinion about this?

 

The final photo is a comparison between the Woodex and a Montblanc 149.

Thanks for the lovely comparison pics.

may i request one more of your deccan masterpiece showing the area marked in the pic below:

Original Picture belongs to Dr Savit Prabhu.

Thanks!

[Harish N V]

@lascosas Such a nice gesture by woodex pens. To trust and give the pens is so nice. Thanks for the pictures and the pleasant update

[lascosas]

Hari 317-

 

[lascosas]

tommym-

This is the best I can do.  First is the Woodex 39, then 54:

[lascosas]

K Singh & tommym-

Thanks for the reassurance that the feeds on the Ambitious #40 aren't improperly set.  Oh, and oddly those nibs are marked Iridium Point, while every other Ambitious I've seen is labelled Ambitious, though I've never seen any others of their #40.

[lascosas]

Doc Dan-

Unless you both have an Indian bank account and shipping address the only Hyderabad ebonite pen maker you can purchase from is PLP at plppens.com.

 

For those without both the Indian bank account and shipping address the only way to purchase pens from Woodex or Deccan is to meet them in person in Hyderabad and pay cash.

[tommym]

1 hour ago, lascosas said:

K Singh & tommym-

Thanks for the reassurance that the feeds on the Ambitious #40 aren't improperly set.  Oh, and oddly those nibs are marked Iridium Point, while every other Ambitious I've seen is labelled Ambitious, though I've never seen any others of their #40.

 

I have seen Ambitious #35 nibs marked Iridium Point on various occasions.

 

Tommy 

[hari317]

7 hours ago, lascosas said:

Hari 317-

 

Thanks. 

[Prof Drew]

@Doc Dan, just to confirm what @lascosas wrote, PLP at plppens.com takes foreign credit cards and ships internationally. I just received a lovely Scenic Ebonite pen. Very pleasant experience. I'll try to post a video on it shortly. I'm grateful for @ksinghk for the encouragement to order from PLP.

[matteob]

I have one of his pens with one of his famous nibs. He was a lovely man. Sadly a lot of his skills passed away with him