Pencil sharpeners

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RARanney

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Best pencil sharpener? From simple hand held, to hand crank, to electric, which do you actually use and prefer (including brand name)? Or does everyone just twist the top and advance the lead?
 
Good Afternoon All-

This has got to be a gag, right?

Red plastic one with the embedded razor blade. No moving parts, just insert pencil into the hole and commence twisting. You can finesse a pretty sharp point with this hardware.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
When I was in high school I favored a non-auto Italian stiletto with a tang I had filed and polished for inertial opening. These days I use a puukko. :cool:
 
I use mechanicals and lead holders, but the simple kind that you jamb and twist the pencil works the best and grinds the least amount of material away
 
Blue Jays said:
Good Afternoon All-

This has got to be a gag, right?



~ Blue Jays ~
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Mais non monsieur--no gag. The plastic ones vary widely in their effectiveness. Some are, or become worthless in short order. There are brass versions of same with replaceable blades--kind of the Tiffanys of pencil sharpeners. Perhaps there is a titanium one.
 
There are some interesting ones on ebay. I have one that is shaped like a boot. It's kind of cool looking but it doesn't sharpen that well. The plastic ones are OK but I usually use the plain aluminum or steel models with no catch basin. The Alvins brass ones are probably the best available. Next time I go to a blueprint store I'll have to remember to see if they have them.
 
RARanney said:
Someone must make the Rolex of pencil sharpeners.
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El Casco Desk Sharpener.

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Me: I've been using mech pencils since my High School drafting class days. I still have the set of .5mm and .7mm Rotring mechanical pencils that I used back then.
 
That brass one does look good. The one Tony posted looks even better, but it's even priced like a Rolex, relative to other sharpeners.
Could buy a very nice balisong for those prices. Still, it has point adjustments, a file in the shavings drawer... :cool:
 
When I actually figured out how much sharpening I'd be doing I went with a really nice but cheap panasonic electric. It sharpens a standard pencil to a perfect point and was about $13.

But that fancy one up there was pretty swanky...

Neko2
 
On a knife board you ask this question?

Hehe- as an artiste of sorts, I always use a blade (usually an exacto knife, but sometimes CS..) on my artists pencils. If I want a particularly fine point, I use sandpaper. Artists tend to sharpen pencils differently from standard office practice, we use a lot of exposed "lead" so as to be able to use the side of the lead for shading and such.
 
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