
I know many of you already have one because I've seen them featured on your blogs. I've only ever had an electric one in my classroom (the manual ones always seem to be broken), and I swear it's too much fun for the students to sit there and listen to their pencils whittle away to nothing. They work well, but they are sooo loud. I knew there had to be a better alternative.
Enter The Quietest Classroom Pencil Sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies. Mine came in Firehouse Red, and I had it assembled and clamped to my kitchen counter in about 2 minutes.
I'm fairly certain there are directions for using this sharpener on the website, but I was honestly able to figure it out myself without any issues.
I was even able to clean out the blade when the lead got caught (silly kids, dropping pencils all the time), which happened for me three times so far, without looking up the tutorial online. It's pretty user-friendly I'd say. I gave quick tutorials to my mom, brother, and Joel last night, making each of them try one pencil... and I'm not making it up when I say they were impressed.

But still... look at those tips! What a perfect sample! They probably wouldn't even be allowed through TSA... they're basically deadly weapons.
But in all seriousness, we don't use pencils (except for the colored variety) in my classroom except for during testing. But during tests, my students are soooo anal about having their pencils sharpened to the tiniest point. During the state test this year, I had to give several students upwards of 6 or 7 pencils because they kept telling me they were too dull to use. If only I had had this sharpener back then.. these points are ready to last!
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