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2. Pencil sharpener - Wikipedia

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   Video of a mechanical pencil sharpener, showing gearing and helical sharpening blades. A pencil sharpener (or pencil pointer, or in Ireland a parer or topper) [ 1 ] is a tool for sharpening a pencil 's writing point by shaving away its worn surface. Pencil sharpeners may be operated manually or by an electric motor.

3. Eversharp - Wikipedia

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   Eversharp is an American brand of writing implements founded by Charles Rood Keeran in 1913 and marketed by Keeran & Co., based in Chicago. [1] Keeran commercialised Eversharp mechanical pencils (manufactured by two companies, Heath and Wahl), [2] [1] then expanding to fountain pens when the company was acquired by the Wahl Adding Machine Co. in 1916 and it was named "Wahl-Eversharp".

4. Pencil Sharpener Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Pencil Sharpener Museum, officially the Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum, is a museum showcasing about 3,479 pencil sharpeners just outside of Logan, Ohio. It is located off Ohio State Route 664, inside the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center. It is believed to be the largest collection of these items in the entire country ...

5. Mechanical pencil - Wikipedia

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   A mechanical pencil or clutch pencil is a pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable solid pigment core called a "lead" / ˈlɛd /. The lead, often made of graphite, is not bonded to the outer casing, and the user can mechanically extend it as its point is worn away from use. The vast majority of mechanical pencils have erasers.

6. Berol - Wikipedia

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   Berol is a former British stationery manufacturing company, based in Lichfield. The company, established in 1845, manufactured a wide range of products including writing implements and art materials. In 1995 it was acquired by Sanford L.P., a division of Newell Brands, becoming a subsidiary of it until the last factory closed in 2010.

7. Knife sharpening - Wikipedia

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   A railway camp cook sharpens a knife blade on a stone wheel, 1927. Knife sharpening is the process of making a knife or similar tool sharp by grinding against a hard, rough surface, typically a stone, [1] or a flexible surface with hard particles, such as sandpaper. Additionally, a leather razor strop, or strop, is often used to straighten and ...