A Halloween Sharpener.
Let’s play “Find the Halloween pencil sharpener!” Jetpens sent over a package to HQ today which included this cool little ghost sharpener. To be honest, I’ve eyed this up for years, though I assumed...
View ArticleKUM Masterpiece Instructions.
While the KUM Masterpiece is a fine piece of engineering and one of the pieces of Pencil Ephemera about which I have been the most excited lately, there is something missing that I hope we can add to...
View ArticlePopular Purple: The New Classroom Friendly Sharpener.
Sometimes review samples come to HQ that make waves. The mountain books from Word. were such a package, as most of the books disappeared in a few days. Last week, we received a package from Classroom...
View ArticleNew Blackwing Metal Sharpener.
Blackwing has been all over the online pencil discussions lately, even more than usual. Last week, they unveiled a new metal sharpener and also three new plastic 2-step sharpeners (I haven’t bought...
View ArticleThe Use and Abuse of Electric Pencil Sharpeners.
This sharpener sits atop my tiny secretary desk, next to the radio I use to listen to NPR. This fall, I did what I said I would never do. I bought an electric pencil sharpener and started using it...
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