Review on 🐡 Swordfish 'Curve' Desktop Manual Pencil Sharpener - Efficiently Sharpen 8-12mm Pencils (Ref 40103) by Carla Anderson

I've been looking for a sharpener for sharpening colored, watercolor and charcoal pencils for a few months. I've tried electric sharpeners and other manual sharpeners. I returned everything. The Fish Sword "Curve" finally solves the problem and sharpens pencils with different diameters. It took me a while to finally figure out how to get the exact long point I wanted, but now I can get the same result every time. It doesn't break points (unless the pen itself has a problem). While figuring out how to get good results, I started by sharpening all the yellow #2 pencils we had at home. After seeing what would happen with the different settings, I started with some of my cheaper colored pencils. Colored pencils seem to sharpen a little differently than regular graphite pencils, probably because they are so soft. I now use this sharpener for all my colored, pastel and charcoal pencils and get great results. In cases where I can't get a really sharp edge with some of the softer pencils, I just use a small piece of fine sandpaper to fine tune the tip (a bit of a hassle considering how good this sharpener is). In fact, I did not return ALL the sharpeners I bought. I still have a battery-powered pencil sharpener from Derwent (about $12). It works well with my crayons, it's small and light, and I can take it with me when I'm not working from home. It doesn't seem too strong, but for $12 I'll use it until it fails.