Pencil sharpeners
Pencil sharpenersPencil sharpeners: blade and helical types, point shapes, pencil sizes and prices. 9 Stationery Times guides, each with a direct answer and sourced specs.
KUM Automatic Long Point Sharpener: Two-Step Sharpening
KUM Automatic Long Point sharpener (AS2): how the two holes and the brake work, which pencils fit, the AS2M and Masterpiece, blades, and where it's made.
Kutsuwa STAD T'GAAL: The 5-Angle Pencil Sharpener
Kutsuwa STAD T'GAAL pencil sharpener explained: a dial with five point angles for graphite and colored pencils, 65 × 49 × 27 mm, 26 g, colors, price and origin.
Prismacolor Premier Pencil Sharpener: Two Blades
Prismacolor Premier Pencil Sharpener explained: two blades for a fine or wide point, the 3 × 1.75 in canister, which pencils it suits, and where it's made.
Blackwing One-Step Long Point Sharpener Explained
Blackwing One-Step Long Point sharpener: how one hole makes a long concave point, its aluminium body and German blade, size, emptying it, and how it compares.
CARL Angel-5 Classic: Size, Colors & Fixed Point
CARL Angel-5 Classic (A5CL) hand-crank pencil sharpener: 73 × 124 × 130 mm and 450 g, four colors, its fixed point, the clamp and how it differs from the Grand.
CARL Angel-5 Grand: Conic vs Sharp & Stepless Point
CARL Angel-5 Grand hand-crank pencil sharpener: Conic (A5GRC) vs Sharp (A5GRS) finish, the stepless 0.5–0.9 mm adjuster, 540 g size, colors and where it's made.
KUM Masterpiece Sharpener: The 8-Degree Long Point
KUM Masterpiece (Meisterwerk) long point sharpener: the 8-degree cone, magnesium body, removable stop, size, which pencils fit, and how it differs from the AS2.
X-ACTO School Pro Sharpener: Six-Size Dial & Bin
X-ACTO School Pro 1670 electric pencil sharpener explained: the six-size dial, SafeStart, auto-stop cutter, 4 × 7.5 × 7.5 in size, 3.67 lb, and where it's made.
Carl Angel-5 Royal Sharpener: Point Settings & Size
CARL Angel-5 Royal 3 hand-crank pencil sharpener: the 0.5 and 0.9 mm point settings, auto-stop, 73 × 121 × 132 mm size, 484 g, colors and where it's made.