Old Pencil Sharpeners

[bczygan]

I must be getting old!

I have a few of those pencil sharpeners, in the office and shop.

They're just pencil sharpeners.

Something I've had around forever and just use. Like having a hand towel in the bathroom. No big deal.

It's hell when you get so old, that everything you have becomes "collectable".

Bill

 

[aggierailroad]

I've got a Jupiter Model 1 from Germany made in the early 1900s. Sorry, no pics, but it's a thing of engineering and aesthetic beauty.

Any tips on sharpening the thing?

 

[AZ Pete]

I have my family Boston KS hanging in my garage, still in use. I cannot remember when it was not in my childhood home, or Dad's shop....he was born in 1915.

 

[Jim Johnstone]

My grandfather left this behind when I bought his house when he moved to a retirement home. I moved it from the basement to the garage.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

We'll bring this thread back from the dead. A while ago I picked this pencil sharpener up at a garage sale. It's a Boston Champion mounted on a pretty hefty metal disk. The disk was painted battleship gray and pretty battered and the sharpener was only held on with 2 screws.

I figured it was time to resolve that issue. So I removed the 2 screws and found what I thought was a broken off screw in the third hole. I attempt to drill out the "broken screw" and determine that whatever is in the hole is VERY HARD - so it's either a broken off drill bit or a broken off tap. I give up after a while and break out the grinder to remove the paint. I like the look of the bare metal so I coat it with spar varnish - all I had in stock and cook it in my project toaster over at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it cooled off I replaced the foam on the bottom with green felt and re-attach the sharpener.

It's not truly vintage but I like it - and it sharpens wonderfully.

Jim

 

[the gypsy]

That sharpener has the auto feed feature. I have the same one.

 

[southalabama]

Mom mounted one in the utility room when i was in elementary school. So that make it about 40 plus years old. May have to sweet talk her out of it.

 

[gungatim]

I've been looking for an old school pencil sharpener for years. finally found one and mounted it in the shop. the cheap electric ones have no power and give a crappy point. the one I found at a yard sale had the suction cup type base which I removed and drilled the base to screw to the wall...nothing like a good sharp #2 Ticonderoga. I buy boxes of pencils at back to school time when they are dirt cheap and spend the time to sharpen them all as soon as I get them home just for the smell.

 

[PelicanPines]

Unexpected lot of sharpeners were found in a box of junk I purchased for a buck... I have two left over after mounting a few. Someday... they need to find someone who could use them.

 

[Rewind97]

How much PelicanPines?

 

[PelicanPines]

How much PelicanPines?

Wasn't trying to solicit here but PM sent.