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 som ...

Yes, "The Campaign for the Accurate Measurement of Creativity" is a Kickstarter for a pencil sharpener attached to a mason jar. And yes, this is pretty silly. It's also, however, a worthwhile ...

“When I was working for the 2010 census, we were each issued No. 2 pencils and a manual sharpener. We all sharpened our pencils on the first day of training, and I was like, ‘I’m feeling ...

Manual pencil sharpeners are one thing. Electric-powered sharpeners are another. But nitro engine-powered sharpeners are in a whole different league. A whole different, glorious league. Built by ...

I really wanted to draw but didn't know what to draw. So I did the pencil sharpener because I liked the way it looked smooth and perfect. There have been no comments made here yet. 2d, drawing ...

While it seems electric pencil sharpeners were actually invented around 1910, they weren’t commercially produced until 1917 by a company called Farnham Printing & Stationery Co out of Minneapolis.

Sticking a pencil into the top lens of this tiny TLR camera feels like you’re sticking a pointy stick in somebody’s eye, but that’s ok, as that’s not really a lens. In fact, this isn’t ...