Wood Knowledge

Green Sandalwood Fountain Pens: Why This Wood Feels Different in Your Hands

Green sandalwood offers natural oiliness, subtle fragrance, and color that develops with use, making it a distinct wooden pen material.

Golden Wood, or Cudrania, brings warm color, subtle luminosity, and balanced weight to XiaoZhuo wooden fountain pens.

Ebony is dense, durable, formal, and timeless, with pure black and sapwood versions offering different visual character.

A material guide to bocote: dramatic grain, substantial weight, strong durability, and why it works so well for fountain pens.

Red pterocarpus offers fine grain, bold grain, and rare sapwood contrast, giving each wooden fountain pen its own visual story.