I got this for the so who needs it for class work. The build quality on this thing is amazing. Has a chrome shell, smooth operation, sharpens pencils and leaves a tip. Very sharp but not to the point where you'll get cut. Just that satisfying sharp pencil that you remember from the school days where you had a really good sharpener in the classroom and everyone used the heck out of it has a huge case so you can go through quite a few pencils without having to clear the shavings bin. Aside from that and really happy about this purchase, it seems like tons of engineering went into it. That's a very simple device

Need an old pencil with eraser head sharpened, get one of these machines. Works well.

I have this to say: life is too short for shoddily manufactured pencils. Even the best pencil sharpener cannot redeem them. Sometimes one of those plastic-coated nightmares will come into our lives and give the children fits, despite their love for the shrink-wrapped graphics and the thrill that they won something, in their little hand-turning sharpeners. How do they make the lead break right when it's finally sharp? When the pencil is a fraction of it's original length, the child has settled for a flat-top lead that wobbles just a little. Or how about those pencils (do they still make these?) made of some kind of sawdust composite? Sharpening is not an issue but writing with one is like trying to push around a rubber rock. You'd have more luck trying to communicate with a burned match than with the ones where you can tell a light and dark half of the wood. I think they cut the shafts (or at least half the shaft) against the grain. People. Poorly made pencils are at every turn. You cannot swing a dead cat in today's classrooms without hitting one. If one of these little abominations makes it way into your pencil sharpener, do not damn the poor machine.Ahem. I'm very satisfied with this pencil sharpener. We gathered up all our pencils in need of sharpening, including the colored pencils, totaling more than 100 pencils in all, and gave them each a turn. The size selector was easy to work: you hold the tab against the face of the sharpener and turn to the appropriate size. All of the pencils sharpened smoothly, taking each about six cranks from dull to sharp. None of the leads broke and none sharpened off kilter (if the selected hole is larger than your pencil needs, this will almost certainly happen). A couple of them were the fatties like "My First Ticonderoga", a most excellent make of pencil in any model; one was a "Smencil", which is made of tightly wrapped paper; several were drawing pencils with soft lead grades like 4B and 6B. No problems. Even the plastic-shrink-wrapped "Minion" pencil received a stable, sharp point after only six turns. Maybe miracles do happen. We had no lower grade pencils to test, because they have been banished from the house like so many foreign gods.After these successes, I decided to try my pastel chalks in pencil form. The wood sharpened fine but the chalks--no surprise--were too delicate and broke. I decided not to try the charcoal pencils. I don't think I'd try make-up pencils, either.Now, the shiny metal part that catches the shavings is easy to take off and put back on but is thin. I don't see where this is a drawback. I'll not calling it flimsy, because it holds together and does the job. I'm not looking for an iron-clad shaving catcher to cast in my next action motion picture, clanking in my backpack while I hang from a sheer rock face. I can imagine the thing could be smooshed by a careless foot in a series of slapstick accidents, but I'm not going to waste my life living in fear of that moment, because this thing cost $10.48 plus tax, and because slapstick accidents are usually entertaining. I confidently recommend the X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031).

I got so tired of replacing batteries in our electric pencil sharpener. Apparently they suck up a lot of energy and as a homeschooling family, that gets old quickly. I decided to go back to the tried and true sharpeners and came across this.My first impression is that it is cheaply made compared to the old school versions. However, it does work well still. Not sure it will last for decades but it’ll outrun my multiple packs of batteries, so I call it a win. Pencils come out nice and sharp.My only real complaint is that the screws they send with it are very short and SO cheap. Whatever soft metal they make them out of strips almost instantly, and I even pre drilled holes. These would not work on drywall, even over a stud as the screws are too short. Frustrated that they stripped because I cannot get the sharpener to attach to the wall without wobbling a little bit, making it hard to use the sharpener easily.Overall, still a good buy. I could have gotten different screws but I think the company should provide adequate ones from the start.

Standard design with years of history, metal, good and easy to use

This pencil sharpener is lovely to look at but what is most important is that itdoes a great job sharpening pencils and has several sizes for different pencils. Easy alsoto install.

this is a lifesaver not just because it works very well but because it does not get lose every time, we use it! It works very well, never used such a sharpener technology by the way!

This sharpener in 2025 is as good as there could ever be. It’s as good as the one I used at school in 1st grade in 1955! The Mounting screws that are provided worked perfectly after drilling mounting holes in a pine board. I highly recommend this unit. Price of $15 is fair for such a perfect sharpener.

Doesn't feel heavy or anything. There are two blades inside, so the pencil gets sharp really fast. Make sure you hold it in the right angle as the wrong one will sharpen the pencil to an unusable way.

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The quality seems good, but it's very hard to use without fastening it to a table, and it has to be screwed into the table (making holes in the table).

El empaque llegó un poco dañado, y retrasaron la fecha de entrega, pero el producto llegó en buenas condiciones y funciona muy bien

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