Artisanal Pencil Sharpening

I believe that I have now seen everything. If it's the joke I think it might be, it's brilliant because I could easily see perfection-obsessed people going for this. Not that anyone here would be in that category.

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/

"Shavings are bagged and returned with your pencil"...Good grief...

I'm willing to shell out the 15 bucks to just to say that I had this done (and apparently receive a bag o' shavins'). BUT, I would send him one of those huge novelty pencils that you had when you went to preschool....we'll see what this guy is made of then.

That is RIPE to be seen in The Onion. Surely it isn’t legit. Please tell me we haven’t come to this...

That's one of the funniest things I ever saw.

Speechless.

I have no idea what happens if you try to send money to this guy, but it's definitely a joke. The author of it is a cartoonist/internet phenomenon named David Rees, and some of his other projects include this one, which had me laughing out loud:

http://www.onlinetimetravelpharmacy.com/

The comic series "My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable" makes fun of office life and is funny, as well:

http://www.mnftiu.cc/2007/11/01/filing-000/

The guy's home page is here:

http://www.mnftiu.cc/

He will actually do it if anyone sends a pencil in, but it's more a performance art thing than a real enterprise.

Well there's another chance of me making my millions gone.

I do concur though, it would be funny to get a giant pencil and send it in... it doesn't say the size


I really hope this is fake, because A), if its by hand then the PPE shown is overkill^10000 B) Who the hell is going to pay $15 a pencil!!! C) This guy must be a millionaire looking to be funny as I do not imagine many people paying $15 a pencil!

How bout his book? a substantial tome. I think it would make a nice coffee table book.

Read the book:

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com

I think it is great. Of all his services, the 224 page book at only 12 bucks on Amazon is by far the best deal. I'm not saying his sharpened pencils are not worth the $40. After all you do get a certificate of sharpness...

If you have $42 dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you can do it yourself:

Be sure to click on the video link
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=68746&cat=1,42936,42452

This is the kicker for me:

Traditionally people mail in their pencils to be sharpened; however David now offers a new service: He will provide the pencil.

I know, it's hilarious. If you go to amazon, you can read some of the content. He writes it as if he is a tech writer and never seems to break character. funny stuff.

Holy thread resurrection......saw this guy on CBS Sunday Morning some time ago....Here's a link to the story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8XbLcfkpc8

Check out the Early Office Museum section on Antique Pencil Sharpeners:

http://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_sharpeners.htm

There's lots of other really neat stuff on that site.

$15 is a lot of money when you can buy a world-class pencil sharpener for around $400. It's even better if you can examine the sharpener before buying it:

poikkeus said:

$15 is a lot of money when you can buy a world-class pencil sharpener for around $400. It's even better if you can examine the sharpener before buying it:

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I spent $42 on my last sharpener and it has sharpened well over 10,000 pencils. That thing is a rip-off.

But the El Casco is gold plated.

So there.