Howard Faxon
An art tool that has been serving me so long it has rusted by time and it’s still not for neglect. This sharpener still works like a champ and I have never had any need to replace it. I did a set of photographs of the various tools in my studio one day and realized how loved this one was. I never found a pencil thick or thin that it couldn’t sharpen.
It was fitting to immortalize this tool that I have used for so many years and I couldn’t resist a bit of irony by incorporating it into a digitally produced image. No pencils were harmed in the production of this artwork. The straight photos are OK but this made me smile.
That is a classic! Do you know in the schools now, sometimes there are no pencil sharpeners? It’s crazy!
I was wondering about that. That’s terrible unless there are no pencils being used. Those little hand sharpeners are so unsatisfactory. Cheers!
It’s a classic – Bostitch. 🙂
Looks like the one I used when I was in school. I have a love for older things and understand your love for this sharpener.
Thanks, it’s the same company. Probably all the old sharpeners were Bostitch. I bet they still make them. Wait, do kids use pencils still … or I-books?
I still remember in grade school and high school going to the front of the class and to usr one of these sharpeners. I always had a thing for a very sharp pencil.
This one has a dial for different pencils. The vacuum mount doesn’t work well any more. I remember the ones at school were usually screwed onto the wall. Yup, like a sharp pencil. 🙂
You remind me of one old sharpener that we used to sharpen pencils with when we were young.
Like Proust’s madeleine (perhaps not so powerful) it jogs memory for me which prompted me to make its portrait. This model was the pencil sharpener of my childhood as well. This one is over 30 years old and has sharpened many pencils. I assume that they are still available. Cheers!