Category: Editorial, Give us Your Feedback
I know there are some of you out there cherishing every bit of wood by sharpening your pencil point on a piece of sandpaper before ever thinking of putting it against a blade. Then there’s me. I tend to be fairly relentless with a pencil sharpener even though I know I’m just hacking pointlessly away at a perfectly good chunk of pencil.
Do you do whatever it takes to hang onto a single pencil? Or do you grind them to smithereens like me? Do you have a favorite sharpener that eats less pencil than mine seem to? Please share!
I only use pencils for writing, not sketching–I imagine sharpener requirements are quite different for artists. For sharp writing points, I use a little brass Kum wedge when on the go, and at home, I use the marvelous Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener Alberto mentioned:
http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/
I reviewed it briefly on my blog awhile back.
http://littleflowerpetals.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-for-pencil-people-classroom.html
No affiliation–I just like the thing). Really the only quibble I have with it is that the gripping mechanism does leave marks on your pencils. But it works wonderfully!
I only use pencils for writing, not sketching–I imagine sharpener requirements are quite different for artists. For sharp writing points, I use a little brass Kum wedge when on the go, and at home, I use the marvelous Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener Alberto mentioned:
http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/
I reviewed it briefly on my blog awhile back.
http://littleflowerpetals.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-for-pencil-people-classroom.html
No affiliation–I just like the thing). Really the only quibble I have with it is that the gripping mechanism does leave marks on your pencils. But it works wonderfully!