For years, the knife was the most commonly used tool to sharpen the wooden writing instrument known as a pencil (which historians believe was invented in the 15th or 16th century). But whittling the ...

Gone are the days when kids had to raise their hands, rise from their desks and walk to sharpen their pencils in the corner of the classroom. Granted, personal sharpeners definitely aren’t a fresh ...

Although it’s not very glamorous, everyone needs a reliable pencil sharpener in their home. Whether your kids write with pencils every day or you turn to your colored pencils and your calming coloring ...

When's the last time you sat down and wrote something with a nice, sharp pencil? You'll be happy to know that it still feels, sounds, and smells great. But a sharp pencil requires a pencil sharpener, ...

Pencil sharpeners are an essential tool for students of all ages, artists and pros in a wide range of technical fields. A dull pencil can doom good work, but thankfully, that’s not a fate any ...

As post-war shortages faded in memory, the 1970s-80s became a time period when middle-class Americans felt relatively comfortable financially and increasingly able to indulge themselves. During the ...

David Rees thinks he knows how to sharpen pencils. He says people have entrusted 1,500 pencil points to his sharpening business. I know a little something about working with sharp pencils, and let me ...

ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province — How much can a pencil sharpener mean to its owner? In Kim Won-rae’s world, it means a lot. At his workshop in Icheon, outside Seoul, where he fixes sharpeners as old as ...

LOGAN – After a two-year closure, the grand reopening of the new and improved Rev. Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum is slated for Saturday, Jan. 20 at noon at the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome ...