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 ...

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).

I can never find a pencil sharpener when I need it and resort to shaving off wood with a sharp knife more often than not. What I need is this pack of pencils that Notcot found at Lowes.

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 ...

And then there's the Quick N Silent pencil sharpener. Pencil sharpeners are, in fact, one of the few classroom technologies that have not experienced a radical redesign in the past century.

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 ...