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2. Pencil sharpener - Wikipedia

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   A manual prism sharpener generates long fan-shaped shavings Video of a mechanical pencil sharpener, showing gearing and helical sharpening blades Video showing a manual prism sharpener 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.

3. Hand tool - Wikipedia

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   A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. [1] Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck or hammered tools, screwdrivers, vises, clamps, snips, hacksaws, drills, and knives. Outdoor tools such as garden forks, pruning shears, and rakes are

4. Workbench - Wikipedia

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   Metalworkers need benches built to handle grinding, welding, light casting and forging, and layout. Most of these benches include a metalworker's vise mounted to the top. Gardening Gardener's benches must be resistant to moisture and dirt. They are used for potting, seeding, and grooming, and usually have built-in shelving and storage. Electronics

5. Staedtler - Wikipedia

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   Staedtler SE (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛtlɐ]) is a German multinational stationery manufacturing company based in Nuremberg.The firm was founded by J.S. Staedtler (1800–1872) in 1835 and produces a large variety of stationery products, such as writing implements (including technical drawing instruments), [1] art materials, and office supplies.

6. Pencil - Wikipedia

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   One effect of this was that "during World War II rotary pencil sharpeners were outlawed in Britain because they wasted so much scarce lead and wood, and pencils had to be sharpened in the more conservative manner – with knives." [30] It was soon discovered that incense cedar, when dyed and perfumed to resemble Red Cedar, was a suitable ...

7. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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   The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [3] [4] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.