Kum 104.06.01 Magnesium Alloy 1-Hole Steel Blade Long Point Pencil Sharpeners

I thought it was weird that, not only did people leave reviews for something as trivial as a mundane pencil sharpener, but that so many raved about it. It's a pencil sharpener. It makes pencils sharp. Big deal.Well, I get it now. this is so far and above any other sharpener I've ever encountered. I literally did not know pencils could be sharpened this sharp and well. I would have paid far more if I knew how good it is.

I tried the Dahle 133, thr Derwent crank sharpener, the Carl 1000 and had bad results from all of them. As an avid colorist I love to get a long point on my colored pencils. From the high rated but failed sharpeners I tried, I would get marks on my pencils, the mechanism would just fall out or cranks would not work at all! I got sick of buying and sending back inferior products. I came across this little gem and said, what the heck I'll try it because it does not cost much and I already have some Kum sharpeners. The Kums I have sharpen ok but don't give me the sharp point. The one does! I kid you not, this one is fantastic! It gives a wonderful long tip and you can get replacement blades for it. (Just make sure you get the long point blades, not the standard size blades). I'm so glad my searching led me to this one. I love it!!!

I want to dispel a lot of the negative reviews that were sold faulty sharpeners by sellers that didn't handle them correctly; This sharpener gets the job done. I've run everything in my arsenal through it, and it manages to give an absolutely perfect tip every time, after 100+ pencils sharpened. I picked out 3 different pencil types to definitively prove this pencil-slayer's worth. A regular HB2 Soft #2 pencil with the hexagon wood, a Prismacolor colored pencil with the cylindrical wood, and a Prismacolor Ebony drawing pencil, all at rather poor condition pre-sharpening.The #2 pencil was honed down to an ultra-fine point, able to draw incredibly thin lines as if it were a professional tool, with very smoothed down wood surrounding the graphite inside.The Prismacolor colored pencil came fresh out of the tin, the tip you see is what they sharpen it to in the factory. 20 Seconds of sharpening later, it gains a precise tip, with that nice, smooth wood around it. It even managed to sharpen it all the way without the shavings breaking!The Prismacolor drawing pencil was what I was worried about, due to the extra-thick graphite inside requiring a solid sharpener to not chip or fracture it while sharpening, but the long point comes out victorious once again, turning a chipped tip into a precise instrument of art!Bottom line, I consider this an extremely important, vital tool if you want to keep your pencils at peak performance, accept no substitutes. If for some reason this sharpener fails me at some point, I'll come back, and correct myself, but I have some pretty solid faith in it.

I bought this to sharpen soap stone. I immediately tried it out and to my disappointment it barely sharpened it. Here's the fix. Unscrew the screw on the blade and remove the blade. Clean everything off and carefully reinstall the blade. Put the screw back in making sure it goes in straight. Tighten. It now works perfect!! So happy. Also there is a video on YouTube showing you how to make this adjustment. Great little sharpener!!

This has got to be the worst sharpener I've ever purchased/used. It doesn't sharpen the lead and chews up the wood. This is on my blackwing 602's, my colored pencils and my generals sketch and wash pencils. I may have gotten a bad one, but I'll just stick with my m+r sharpeners. I've never had a problem with them. The blades last a good long time in between replacing them as well.

Best sharpener I've ever owned. Small form factor, Long sharp point.

Sharpened pencils. Until it died of use. I got a ten pack when I reordered.

Works perfectly