Found these
KUM sharpeners at the
Jerry's Artarama store in
Raleigh. I am mostly trying out a new laptop with this particular post, so I quickly made a couple of
rough videos to cover the features of the
Ghost and
2-stage long point sharpener and
some doodling with the
KUM pencil included with the
ghost sharpener. Not particularly happy with the grainy results, so will have to keep tinkering to find a happy medium between video quality and a reasonably fast upload process.
Getting back to the sharpeners: the
novelty ghost one glows in the dark and would look quite nice decorating your drawing desk particularly in this time of the year with Halloween fast approaching. It has a generously sized waste compartment for the shavings and a plug for the sharpener opening to prevent debris from falling out. A plastic wedge sharpener is attached to the base that fits securely to the bottom of the ghost. The
blue 2M long point sharpener is possibly the most versatile choice for the traditional wooden pencil user that also enjoys using 2 mm and 3.15 mm leadholders. It even comes with 2 spare blades to prolong its useful life. Both
KUM models would make nice functional additions to any pencil accessories collection.
Found these KUM sharpeners at the Jerry's Artarama store in Raleigh. I am mostly trying out a new laptop with this particular post, so I quickly made a couple of rough videos to cover the features of the Ghost and 2-stage long point sharpener and some doodling with the KUM pencil included with the ghost sharpener. Not particularly happy with the grainy results, so will have to keep tinkering to find a happy medium between video quality and a reasonably fast upload process.
Getting back to the sharpeners: the novelty ghost one glows in the dark and would look quite nice decorating your drawing desk particularly in this time of the year with Halloween fast approaching. It has a generously sized waste compartment for the shavings and a plug for the sharpener opening to prevent debris from falling out. A plastic wedge sharpener is attached to the base that fits securely to the bottom of the ghost. The blue 2M long point sharpener is possibly the most versatile choice for the traditional wooden pencil user that also enjoys using 2 mm and 3.15 mm leadholders. It even comes with 2 spare blades to prolong its useful life. Both KUM models would make nice functional additions to any pencil accessories collection.
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2 comments:
Do you get good results from your long point sharpener? Mine does produce strange looking points.
I would have to say it's more like another sharpening option that may or may not work. My red long point sharpeners thus far seem to yield fine results with some pencils and break the wood or lead on others despite that I change the blades on them regularly. This blue one with the leadpointers did not produce a particularly long taper on the Castell 9000 I used to test it. Will have to play with it further to get a better sense of its quirks.
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