It is the love of my life, so to speak. It is one thing that I so very desperately wanted to have on my desk for so many years. It is one thing I like since the time I have gotten accustomed to the art of writing _ well not really _ or maybe! We are all aware of the pains it gives to sharpen a pencil time and again just to keep the lead rubbing the paper and turn all that is white into black. Singular problem with lead point pencils is that they are very high maintenance. Their lead keeps on breaking and one has to sharpen them again and again.
Now there are two ways of sharpening a pencil, that I know of. One use a knife and two use a mechanical sharpener that fits on your desk nicely and lives forever. Anyhow of all the methods that I know the former is the best and most reliable method. Pencils sharpened through knife seldom give way to case of broken lead in the middle of writing. But as they say no gains without pains. The knife should have a solid iron blade. It should be sharp and you should know the tricky technique. Well, if you are not ready to learn this way I am not keen either in teaching it so we go the convenient way and use a mechanical sharpener.
I saw first one of this kind when I was ten. Fell in love with it instantaneously. It took me 14 more years to acquire one for myself. Thats mostly because I am too lazy to care for myself and my likes. But now that I have it I keep on sharpening every pencil I can get hold on (no pun intended for any of the dirty doers!). I know one other person who is as crazy as me about these sharpeners and that is Dr. Murt. So its too crazy people in the world and I am still counting...
Now there are two ways of sharpening a pencil, that I know of. One use a knife and two use a mechanical sharpener that fits on your desk nicely and lives forever. Anyhow of all the methods that I know the former is the best and most reliable method. Pencils sharpened through knife seldom give way to case of broken lead in the middle of writing. But as they say no gains without pains. The knife should have a solid iron blade. It should be sharp and you should know the tricky technique. Well, if you are not ready to learn this way I am not keen either in teaching it so we go the convenient way and use a mechanical sharpener.
I saw first one of this kind when I was ten. Fell in love with it instantaneously. It took me 14 more years to acquire one for myself. Thats mostly because I am too lazy to care for myself and my likes. But now that I have it I keep on sharpening every pencil I can get hold on (no pun intended for any of the dirty doers!). I know one other person who is as crazy as me about these sharpeners and that is Dr. Murt. So its too crazy people in the world and I am still counting...
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