Need your pencil sharpened?

[Fly320s]

Artisenal hand sharpening for your finest pencils. A steal at $35.

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/

[Sindawe]

Only if this is the sharpener that comes with the book.

[Perd Hapley]

Artisenal hand sharpening for your finest pencils. A steal at $35.

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/

Nice.

[Hawkmoon]

Artisenal hand sharpening for your finest pencils. A steal at $35.

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/

Is joke?

[230RN]

Probably not a joke.  Maybe something for those with more money than you and I put together, like stuff in the Niemam Marcus Billionaire catalog.  Just to own something expensive and different to brag on.  Like that Dodge motorcycle which sells for almost half a mil and can't even be used on the street.

I fall victim to this tendency myself sometimes.  I bought a box of Hornady Z-max zombie loads just to brag on it.

Terry, 230RN

[Perd Hapley]

It's definitely a joke. That doesn't mean he hasn't a pencil-sharpening-themed book to sell. Heck, he might even sharpen your pencil for you, if you cough up 12.50. Why not?

[AJ Dual]

They had him on CBS Sunday Morning a few weeks back. He's for real.

Obviously the super-sharp perfect pencil he puts in an acrylic tube to protect it is kind of a performance art-thing, but whatever. 

[griz]

You guys are missing the value, the 35 dollars includes the pencil.

[Fly320s]

You guys are missing the value, the 35 dollars includes the pencil.

Oh. In that case, I'll take three.

[Viking]

You guys are missing the value, the 35 dollars includes the pencil.

Well, that changes everything.

[Perd Hapley]

He'll sharpen your pencil for $12.50. For an additional 22.50, he'll provide the pencil. Now that's a good deal, especially when you keep in mind that you're also saving on the cost of shipping your pencil to him.

[brimic]

I remember when I took drafting back in HS, there was a very specific way to sharpen, which didn't involve simply sticking the pencil into a sharpener. I don't know if that knowledge is worth $35 though, because I certainly haven't retained it.

[Fly320s]

Who wants a normal pencil that sharp?  The tip will easily break.

[roo_ster]

Who wants a normal pencil that sharp?  The tip will easily break.

Hipster murderers.

[Triphammer]

Who wants a normal pencil that sharp?  The tip will easily break.

It's a status thing. Proof that you don't actually "work". Like ultra long fingernails.

[lee n. field]

Is joke?

Throw it up on the Interwebz, and see if someone's fool enough to spend money on it.

[lee n. field]

I remember when I took drafting back in HS, there was a very specific way to sharpen, which didn't involve simply sticking the pencil into a sharpener. I don't know if that knowledge is worth $35 though, because I certainly haven't retained it.

HS drafting was too long ago for me to remember if there was anything special we did.

[Fly320s]

Hipster murderers.

A sharp pencil to kill hipsters?  OK. Must be like a wooden stake into a vampire.

[Jamisjockey]

Probably not a joke.  Maybe something for those with more money than you and I put together, like stuff in the Niemam Marcus Billionaire catalog.  Just to own something expensive and different to brag on.  Like that Dodge motorcycle which sells for almost half a mil and can't even be used on the street.

I fall victim to this tendency myself sometimes.  I bought a box of Hornady Z-max zombie loads just to brag on it.

Terry, 230RN

FWIW the z max bullets are repackaged critical defense loads with green poly instead of Orange.....and often cheaper around here.....

[230RN]

^ Twue, twue.   But it's the packaging.

http://simage1.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/217872_ts.jpg

And... and it's certified !

[Boomhauer]

HS drafting was too long ago for me to remember if there was anything special we did.

One and only drafting/blueprint class I have taken the teacher didn't say anything about special sharpening nonsense. Other than "Learn to use your *expletive deleted* pocketknife to keep a fine point on yer pencil whenever you are drafting." He was a pipe welder with 35 years of experience, best damn teacher I ever had.

[vaskidmark]

A paddle with tear-away sheets of some sort of fine grit paper.  Advance the lead, put at x* angle to the paper, rotate between thumb and first finger to cause rolling motion.  Stop when the dart is lethal enough.  Same-same for wooden pencils that are not of the flat carpenter style, which generally want to keep the flat lead flat and the tip worked down to a 45*-ish chisel tip.

It's not rocket surgery, folks.

stay safe.

[BlueStarLizzard]

... I thought the modern approch to drafting pencils was use mechanical pencils anyway.

[RoadKingLarry]

HS drafting was too long ago for me to remember if there was anything special we did.

Bronze chisels and wooden mallets?

[Azrael256]

Bronze chisels and wooden mallets?

Pfft.

Mammoth blood on the wall of the cave.  You've probably never heard of it.