Bostitch Twist-n-Sharp 1-Hole Handheld Manual Pencil Sharpeners, Assorted Colors, 3 Pack

It seems I’m always buying school supplies! I find a piece here and there but rarely matching. We either have the sharpening part or the collecting part of the sharpener. But I finally found the perfect sharpener for my kids. This pack came with three colors, for easy identification of ownership. They feel smooth and are perfect fit for my 9, 11, and 13 year old. The pencils come out perfectly sharpened with smooth tips. My favorite part is how to clean it! They have a hinged opening to clean up! No more loosing parts of it. The “door” is locked when in use. It gets unlocked to empty and it hinges out. The sharpening part rotates to clean all around. Completely love it.

These little gadgets are super sharp and make easy work of sharpening all sorts of pencils, from hard graphite to soft waxy makeup pencils. It even quickly sharpens new, blunt-end pencils. There is a lever on it to switch between a blunt or sharp tip. The blunt tip setting basically just blocks the sharpener tip so the pencil can’t get that far in. The blunt setting works wonderful for makeup pencils. Like all sharpeners, it can break waxy tips off while sharpening, but the blunt setting helps mitigate that. Typical width pencils fit in the sharpener with no play, so they sharpen pretty evenly around. The somewhat rounded shape makes it easy to spin too. It’s nice to have some shaving storage built in. The cleanout door has a small flange that is a bit tough to get a hold of with adult fingers, but kids should find it easy. If you do break a tip in the sharpener, it’s difficult to get in there to clean out because the blade is not facing out. It's facing the side. Good for safety though. I think these are very handy to have and very good quality!