In the present work, copper and nickel bi-porous capillary wicks were fabricated by cold press sintering process using silicon oil as a binder and sodium chloride as a pore former. The fabricated wick sample has a diameter of 30 mm and a thickness of 10 mm. The experimental investigation of sintered wicks was performed for the evaluation of permeability, surface wettability, capillary rise rate, surface morphology, and porosity. The permeability of nickel and copper wicks were calculated experimentally using falling head method and was found to be 1.346 × 10–10 m2/s and 9.67 × 10–11 m2/s, respectively. The surface wettability of the wick surface was evaluated using dynamic contact angle measurements using high-speed camera. The dynamic contact angle measurements showed that the nickel wick had a better wettability compared to copper wick using methanol as working fluid. The capillary rise rate measurements showed that the nickel wick had a better capillary performance as compared to the copper wick. The surface morphology analysis using SEM shows the presence of small pores and pore connectivity of the sintered wick surface. The porosity measurement was performed using Archimedes’ method and found to be 65% and 50% for nickel and copper wicks, respectively.