July 2025 Ink & Pens (+tiny Endless Phantom Review)

[terriko]

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I decided to be a bit lazy with July’s stationary choices, so we’re continuing 2 pens from last month and just adding in the pen that I had been using for todo lists, and repeating the bunny sticker sheet that I hadn’t finished. I did get some new puppy stickers for my calendar (I’m currently tracking which days I spend some time writing). It’s a bit of chaos here this month as I finish my job, work on writing for a little fanfic event I decided to join, and then do some travel to visit family, so I don’t think I’ll be doing much actual journal writing.

Inks & Fountain Pens:

• Pilot Metropolitan <CM> with KWZ Gummiberry





• Pilot E95S <M> with Pilot Iroshizuku kon-peki





• Ooly duo with original pink cartridge and orange highlighter

Stickers:

• Meowashi bubble tea dogs





• Stickii books and bunnies





• Mind Wave puppies





• The Latest Kate elephants

No changes to paper this month either!

Notes from last month:

• I picked up an Endless Phantom retractable fountain pen during their kickstarter and it arrived. Unfortunately it seems to dry out constantly, so I’m going to try reseating the gasket (they have a video on how to do this) and we’ll see if I have better luck after that. I spent a bit extra to get a fude nib and it writes beautifully when it writes, but it’s been pretty frustrating!