Pencil Sharpeners

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20 May 2013, 10:27 am

I'm being driven nuts by pencil sharpeners! I can't find a good one for my kid to use! Either they ravage the pencil, sharpen it only on one side so when you write with it, the lead breaks off, or it finally sharpens it right when there is only two inches of the brand-new pencil left. I tried most of the manual ones and even one that runs on batteries which SUCKS! I even tried the one that suctions down on surfaces which works well if you can keep the blasted thing suctioned down without having it go flying across the room and up against your flippin' window! Anybody come across a decent pencil sharpener? :wink:

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20 May 2013, 10:31 am

I find the small plastic ones work the best, if you don't have the old school ones?

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20 May 2013, 10:33 am

danmac wrote:

I find the small plastic ones work the best, if you don't have the old school ones?

Are you in the U.S.? What brand?

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20 May 2013, 11:16 am

the cheap ones, I think their all yellow?

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20 May 2013, 12:29 pm

How about a manual sharpener? That way, your kid can easily carry it around.

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20 May 2013, 12:51 pm

They sell some drawing pencil sharpeners at Fred Meyer that are sold with packs of drawing pencils. I think a mechanical pencil would be a worthy investment as well.

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20 May 2013, 1:38 pm

I have an electric one that works fast and very well. Its made by a company called Royal, and the Model is Power Point. I don't remember how much it cost, but we have had it maybe 5 years.

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21 May 2013, 5:09 pm

Hire a professional pencil sharpener. I'm not joking, it's a real job.
Or, I could just do this
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKL6elkbFy0[/youtube]
and send them to you.

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21 May 2013, 7:36 pm

mechanical are good.

My mom was a commercial artist who used an electric that seemed to work fine.

Then there are mechanical pencils

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22 May 2013, 12:06 am

I like mechanical pencil sharpeners the best.

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22 May 2013, 12:52 am

Reading this thread, I'm nostalgic for the pencil sharpeners we used in elementary school. They were attached to the wall with numerous holes for various sized pencils. You would turn the handle I believe clockwise. Usually it would sharpen nicely. Some kids had their own tiny sharpeners they kept in their desk.

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22 May 2013, 8:20 am

SPtread wrote:

What really sucks is when your pencil was too big for any of the holes and there isn't a sharpener on Earth that will get the job done.

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22 May 2013, 8:35 am

Drehmaschine wrote:

SPtread wrote:

What really sucks is when your pencil was too big for any of the holes and there isn't a sharpener on Earth that will get the job done.

Use a stanley-knife. Thats how its done at building sites. ^^

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23 May 2013, 5:00 am

Drehmaschine wrote:

Hire a professional pencil sharpener. I'm not joking, it's a real job.
Or, I could just do this
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKL6elkbFy0[/youtube]
and send them to you.

Heh, so how much does that cost per sharpening?

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23 May 2013, 6:50 pm

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

Drehmaschine wrote:

Hire a professional pencil sharpener. I'm not joking, it's a real job.
Or, I could just do this
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKL6elkbFy0[/youtube]
and send them to you.

Heh, so how much does that cost per sharpening?

I have to calculate that. I never thought of figuring how much it would cost in theory.

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26 May 2013, 8:54 pm

When not at home I use a Staedtler sharpener, it works well. At home I use a Helix desk mounted pencil sharpener, it also works well.

Cheap electric sharpeners do not have good cutting mechanisms and are useless.

Another thing to consider is the quality of pencils you use. I find a Staedler pencil lasts a lot longer than a cheap equivalent as the lead does not seem to break as often.

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