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

This Swordfish sharpener was great at first, but after a few (less than 20 uses) it wouldn't finish sharpening. I've tried different types of pencils, crayons, graphite, and charcoal, but they still wouldn't sharpen beyond a blunt point. Also, it's quite tricky to use as you have to take out the faceplate, insert your stylus properly and pray it doesn't eat your stylus. I had such high expectations too. I have already requested a refund and will be purchasing a RedWing long point hand…

LOVE IT! Use it for artistic pencils - charcoal, watercolor, pastel, drawing, standard girth and thick conte type. yes, some pencil tips break off - not the sharpener's fault. If the lead inside the pencil is cracked - from a fall, from rough handling in transit - ANY sharpener, from a razor blade to a manual and fully mechanical one, cannot heal a cracked lead. For an artist with arthritic hands, anything that makes it easier to grip something with great strength and dexterity (especially…

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…