✏️ Derwent Manual Dual Hole Pencil Sharpener (2301930) Review

I bought this to sharpen my Derwent colored pencils. Derwent's colored pencils are slightly wider than regular colored pencils. I was disappointed they didn't fit! In addition, because the sharpener is a Derwent product, cheap materials are used in the sharpener itself. The blade is very very cheap and I paid $9 for that piece of cheap plastic! Shame on you Derwent for putting out such a cheap product that won't work with your crayons! Beyond anger and frustration.

I bought this to sharpen colored pencils. I used 24 out of 36 PrismaColor Verithin pens and they stopped working at all. When sharpening, 7 mines broke several times. I had to take the sharpener out of the case to be able to pick up the sharpener and rotate the pencil to sharpen it without breaking the lead. I have some amazing Derwent pencils so I figured this might be the case too, especially after reading the reviews. I am very disappointed in this product. Shame on you, Derwent! It was a…

It's true – sharpener blades are tough. However, I really wanted one of those canister style sharpeners that wouldn't dull easily. I have tried the Faber Castell and also the Tagaal. They work great for a while, but when they get dull you have to throw them out and buy new ones. The best hand sharpeners seem to have no capacity and are dirty. What I did do was remove the real little white wedge from that Derwent sharpener and replace the whole thing with a heavier duty 2-hole kum silver…