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Product Review: KUM Automatic Long Point Pencil Sharpener Link:  More reviews of pencil sharpeners including recommended pencil sharpeners

Posted by Making A Mark at Monday, June 06, 2011 The Bimbler said...

I have one of these excellent pencil sharpeners. I got mine online from

6 June 2011 at 07:55 
The Cultpens website currently indicates that they have none in stock and don't expect more any time soon

6 June 2011 at 08:01 
I did get mine at Cultpens a couple of years ago though.

6 June 2011 at 11:41 
It's always disappointing when suppliers cease to stock an item.

6 June 2011 at 14:24 Ontheroad said...

I was very (underlined) in this sharpener and had it replaced by the supplier because I thought I had a defective one. It doesn't hold up to some of KUM's other products or General's simple sharpeners.

6 September 2011 at 02:17 

I don't think compares at all to ordinary sharpeners - but then it works in a completely different way.

If you don't want a long point, you're best off buying a different sharpener

6 September 2011 at 02:41 
I should have typed slower or read before hitting send....very disappointed (disappointed omitted).

I bought the sharpener for the Blackwing pencils because it was the recommended sharpener.

6 September 2011 at 02:43 
Thought so!

Were you reading this on a review site - or one which was trying to sell pencils?

6 September 2011 at 02:49 
I believe both. Of course, pencils.com had a video with their brand name on the sharpener, but I think I also read a review at one of the folks who often gets featured at http://www.penaddict.com/

I don't know if you have one, but if you were around the corner or within a short drive, I'd gift you mine.

6 September 2011 at 02:52 
I'd take it off you! I like long points and have two of these!

However it takes twice as long to sharpen because of the process involved.

Until I understood how it worked - first one hole and then the other - I also thought it was a duff sharpener.

6 September 2011 at 02:55 
Oh, I understood how it worked, but it ate the Blackwing and didn't get a sharp point.

I've now been sharpening them with another KUM, a General and a MAPES, all of which seem to get the point sharper and with less fuss.

But truth be told I have not tried to sharpen any other pencils with it. Perhaps I ought.

6 September 2011 at 02:59 
If it didn't get a sharp point despite
1) getting a long lead in the first hole
2) sharpening the long lead in the second hole then you have indeed got a duff sharpener!

The best sharpener I know is this one http://makingamarkreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/product-review-round-solid-brass-double.html

6 September 2011 at 03:03 
Sorry - should have made it clear - that's as in "Best Hand Pencil Sharpener"
 
Thanks. I'll get this one next. Alvin Products are general good quality. I see it on line and is easily available.

6 September 2011 at 03:12