It works well. I have two school kids. They need to sharp pencils a lot. It works well.
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You may recall this type of sharpener from a distant schoolhouse past. The X-Acto manual pencil sharpener puts a very sharp tip on pencils; equally importantly (at least in our house) it is screwed down, so it is less likely to go missing than smaller manual sharpeners.
Originally bought this at Staples for a lot more $$$$. I then went to look on Amazon and was shocked at the incredible deal. Free Shipping on a $12.59 order delivered in one day by A-1 Courier Services, are you kidding me. Returned item to Staples and the next day I got the delivery, Fantastic, Thanks Amazon, If I don’t have to spend $25.00 per order for a free delivery I will buy much more. One other thing some people complain it’s not like old school and tends to cut on one side of the pencil. They forgot how to use a hand crank sharpener; you have to spin the pencil, Dummies to get a perfect point. A Great Deal!
LOVE this! I really prefer pencils to pens, so we go through a lot of pencils at my house. This is the perfect pencil sharpener. Reminds me of the ones they had when I was in elementary school. It does a great job and is reasonably priced. Five stars!
Excellent product, I would reccomend it to any body. Very practical (can sharpen 8 different sizes of pencils) as opposed to an electeic sharpener & it bring back a lot of memories of my childhood school days. Thanks
Finding a pencil sharpener in my home was impossible. We have/had dozens of the small plastic hand held sharpeners come and go. Never to be found when I actually needed one. So I decided that mounting a hand-cranked sharpener to a fixed point would solve one of my life’s many problems. I always welcome a quick easy way to eliminate a chronic hassle. Anyway, I wanted the same model that I commonly found in my grammar school classrooms. My parents also had one mounted in their garage while I was a kid. Those things were built like Army tanks. Never seemed to wear out. Unfortunately, it appears the quality of that model, while still available, is now lacking in quality. So after searching Amazon, it would seem this X-acto model is the best hand-cranked sharpener available. Easily mounts to any wooden surface with the included wood screws. Performs great. After I mounted it, I grabbed 10-12 new pencils and “got crankin”. Each pencil was quickly sharpened to a perfect point. Quality seems solid with the all steel construction. No downsides could be found in this product. On top of being a well-regarded product, its also one of the cheaper models on the market. Best of both worlds.
Great old style pencil sharpener, the kids destroyed the electric sharpener. The unit is solid, easy to use and allows for different size pencils.
I was talking with a friend of mine about the things we remembered in school and what we missed. mine happened to be the pencil sharpener on the wall by the back doors. I was telling her that I don’t think they use them much anymore but I would love to find one. so Amazon answered my dream. It’s not quite as the originals, but is all metal and I like the shiny casing for the catch the pencil shavings.
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