📏 IRWIN Carpenter Pencil Sharpener (233250): Precision Sharpening for Carpentry Pencils Review

The pencil doesn't sharpen at all, I had to try really hard and tilt it to even touch the blade. Luckily for me it was only a few dollars and I didn't lose much. **EDIT**: S0 I was right, my WAR was defective. I kept looking at it because I was curious how it could be so bad and not work at all. There is a key/groove that holds the blade in place. Mine was assembled so that the blade "up" on this guide pushed it too far to actually make real contact with the pencil. When I disassembled and…

So I've been a carpenter for 15 years. I do house renovations. So my measurements and cuts have to be absolutely correct. Because the materials I work with are very expensive, a bad cut is very bad for business. The only way my measurements and cuts can be correct/perfect is if I have a sharp pencil to make an accurate mark. Sometimes when you sharpen a pencil with a razor you break the lead and have to start over. Which I think is extremely annoying. So this tool is very handy because you are…

It hurts to sharpen square pins. You plan and the graphite breaks. Then I found this pencil sharpener. This makes sharpening carpenter's pencils much easier. At the end you put a pencil in it, it has a hole shaped like a pencil. The inside of the tool rotates against the blade as long as you hold it outside. He cuts out the sides and then you can take your pocket knife to finish the job. (You still have to use a pocket knife and be careful not to break the graphite, but most of the job is…