Pencil Sharpener

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Frank I use a mix of Staedler and Kerry mechanical pencils with polymer lead.....Regards, Rod

[Jim Koepke]

My pencils like this Carpenter Pencil.jpg are sharpened with a chisel.

A very fine, flat point can be achieved for darkening knife lines. The tip can be renewed with some fine sand paper between chiseling sessions.

Some of the big box stores sold sharpeners for carpenters pencils. They leave a round tip.

jtk

[Jim Barkelew]

X-acto model 1041. Basic manual crank model but the cutter helix is reversed to pull the pencil in. Cuts fast and clean because it is cutting downhill on the grain. About 2 cranks is all it takes to make a needle sharp point.

Jim

[Jim Koepke]

My crank sharpener was an estate sale find:

Crank Pencil Sharpener.jpg

This one does not bring the lead to a sharp point. It is a very small flat point. It hasn't been checked to see if that is adjustable. The pencil holding mechanism will hold various size pencils.

These are my shop manual sharpeners for wood pencils:

Three Pencil Sharpeners.jpg

The orange one can handle a couple different sizes of carpenter pencils. The brass models were both from art supply stores.

There are three or four sharpeners for drafting pencils. The OP wasn't looking for those.

My main in house sharpener came from ebay:

Pencil Sharpener.jpg

The blade has been replaced on this one.

The other house sharpeners are plastic. One of them inside a case to catch the shavings which is convenient.

jtk

[Andrew Joiner]

Thanks to Sawmillcreek I've lusted after lots of European and old iron woodworking machines. Now you guys have me excited about pencil sharpeners!

[Jim Becker]

Thanks to Sawmillcreek I've lusted after lots of European and old iron woodworking machines. Now you guys have me excited about pencil sharpeners!

Dirty job...somebody's got to do it!

[lowell holmes]

I have one, they do not wear out.