Never have a dull moment with a solid pencil sharpener. A classic option is a manual one with an old-school hand crank—once a staple of classrooms and art studios everywhere. While many people may opt ...

David Rees’ profession is as an ‘artisanal professional pencil sharpener’ and ‘number one #2 [HB] pencil sharpener.’ Do you know how to sharpen a pencil? You’d think so but you don’t, you really don’t ...

You’ve bought new pencils, now to keep them sharp with a sharpener! While handheld ones are great for convenience, we also recommend purchasing an electric pencil sharpener. Not only are these ...

As age-old art accessories go, pencil sharpeners are a must. Sure, you can use a knife to create that perfect point, but why not just stick that dull writing implement in a snugly housed blade that ...

C.H Hanson's Pro-Sharp Finishing Pencil Carpenter may seem like a spoof from the pages of Mad Magazine, but it is in fact a real product. And better – as we shall see – it is a real product available ...

“I wanted to celebrate the pencil as an efficient, elegant and well-designed tool,” says Rees, perhaps the world’s first artisanal pencil sharpener. You can save this article by registering for free ...

If you wish to save time and effort while sharpening pencils in your drawing paraphernalia, then it is best to go in for an electric sharpener. Sharpening your tool has become a lot easier and faster ...

David Rees, a former political cartoonist, reinvented himself as a professional pencil sharpener. Working from New York’s Humber River Valley, Rees “practises the age-old art of manual pencil ...