Fed up sharpening pencils

[thetyreman]

the chisel is fast for sharpening them, recently I'm using H or 2H and the carbon is much more durable, they seem to last longer.

 

[topchippyles]

Staedtler 2h and will last all day on 1 or 2 sharpens.Very hard lead and very light so great for second fix and joinery

 

[shed9]

Get a batch of decent Staedtler Norris pencils and a metal bench mounted helix sharpener

or

A smaller batch of Pentel graphgear's.

Either option or both will be a vast improvement.

 

[topchippyles]

Get a batch of decent Staedtler Norris pencils and a metal bench mounted helix sharpener

or

A smaller batch of Pentel graphgear's.

Either option or both will be a vast improvement.

What is wrong with a chisel to sharpen the pencil ? No chippy i have ever employed better turn up with a pencil sharpener in his tool bag

 

[user 35906]

I think my ear is worn out, I always had a pencil behind it at work but now I can't keep one there for long before it falls off

 

[Garden Shed Projects]

I tend to buy a box of Steadler and keep them in a jar with a sharpener super glued to the side. When the jars empty I stop what I’m doing and find the ones I can and return them all to the jar.
With 12 pencils in a box I can sometimes go for as long as 20 mins at a time with out stopping

 

[Ttrees]

@shed9
Is that those blue ones for a tenner, or is a vintage thing?

I epoxied a magnet to a metal one I recently got for a quid, wasn't long until the blooming thread holding the blade gave up
Tried honing them before without great results,
Anyone have any tips or tricks for holding the teeny blade?

 

[shed9]

@shed9
Is that those blue ones for a tenner, or is a vintage thing?

One of these:

 

[transatlantic]

I genuinely don't understand the people that will use a chisel, disc sander (whhhhyyy??), knife etc instead of just using a pencil sharpener....

If you have problems losing a pencil sharper .. stick it to something that is hard to lose!

It hurts when I see people using pencils like this (unless of course for roughly marking on rough material)

The KUM Long point pencil sharpener is very good. But I suppose people will complain about spending £6 on that

 

[Gordon Tarling]

+1 from me for the Pentel Graphgear pencils, either the 500 or the 1000 model - I buy the 0.7mm if I can, but I do have one that's the 0.5mm size, for those rules with the holes.

G.

 

[Spectric]

What happened to the days when chippies kept their pencil behind there ear, something I have remembered from my days on industrial sites where us electricians thought it an odd practice but in hindsight it makes perfect sense.

 

[fezman]

another vote for Rotring propelling pencil 0.5mm - fit perfect in the incra rulers I have

Use cheap HB or Staedtler 2h for rough marking out

 

[alanwetherall]

Suberb replies, made me smile. I tried the Pental and they were great but ran out of ink very quickly and you couldnt refill them easilly. Forgot about the ROTRING. I have used them many years ago and they are great (But extremmly expenisve but i love buying stuff. If i doint get an Amazon delivery every day i get withdrawal symptons so im going to order some of them but check out the refilabilty of them first.)
Have ordered a battery sharpener and some H grade pencils as well
many thanks
alan

 

[thick_mike]

Another vote for Kum Long Point sharpeners. I got banned from taking mine into school. The kids all started stabbing each other with their impressively sharpened pencils

 

[HappyHacker]

My brother in law having worked with me bought me a box of about 80 pencils for a birthday present so I would always have one handy. I have lost the unopened box of them!

 

[Inspector]

I have a big mug under the pencil sharpener on the wall. Have a few Sharpies and a few flat carpenter pencils but there is a big fistful of HB pencils in it. As I am about the shop or cleaning up, putting things away, I gather up the orphans, sharpen and put them in the cup for next time. So far the cup has never run out.

The sharpest pencil in the box
Pete

 

[harry the b]

Aldi buy one get 20 free

 

[topchippyles]

Never used a pencil sharpener in 35 years as a chippy

 

[Woody2Shoes]

It's behind your ear

I used to keep mine behind my ear, until - more recently - I started wearing glasses. I no longer have much hair either, even if I were to get it permed...

 

[Chris152]

I think it's got to be what they mean by a 'first world problem'?!
I enjoy converting a blunt pencil into a sharp one, even think my mind's a bit sharper after I've done it. And the sheer pleasure of seeing a precise line, clean-cut edges as the result of my efforts rotating it in the sharpener? Can't beat it.