Staedtler Metal Double Hole Sharpener with Oval Tub, 512 300SBK

i LOVE this pencil sharpener. it works pretty well and i like the cover for the sharpening part. it was pretty easy to use but it took a while for me to figure out how to empty it. overall this is worth the money and it makes my pencils really sharp FAST. it also sharpens crayons. BUY THIS PENCIL SHARPENER!!!!! it’s the BEST.

I needed a pencil sharpener with a bigger hole for my square watercolor pencils and wasn't disappointed. Strong and sharp. Cuts through them like butter for a manual sharpener and does its job. And at the price point, love it! ❤️ (Why is Amazon asking me to rate it's "suction power?" Weirdos! 🤣 No Amazon, this doesn't suck. The magnets I wrote about a few reviews back did though. 🙄

Works well and arrived as advertised.I was nervous about it being allowed in since despite being “clear” it has color, but they did not hassle me about it.

I love everything i get from Staedtler co.

Sharpens all shapes and sizes without snapping the lead inside. I have many backups and buy them as stocking stuffer for my kids and artsy friends

This sharpener lasted less than 2 hours in my classroom. The plastic brackets that hold the sharpener to the top broke and you can’t use the sharpener with the container.

I am a college student and also homeschooling two grade-schoolers, and so we sharpen a lot of pencils. Although I just ordered an electric sharpener today, we have not had one previously. 2 years ago I purchased this item for the first time, because I needed a hand sharpener with 2 different sized holes, and the other sharpener I had bought did not sharpen our pencils! It amazes me that it is so difficult to find a sharpener that doesn't tear up the wood and leave the lead all jaggedy. That's the reason I was sold on this pencil--I liked that it left the wood smooth and put a nice point on our pencils. It was also easy to dump out and, like others have stated, the shavings tray doesn't fall out unless you do it intentionally. For these reasons I've bought 2 more of these since, and we have worn them all out, albeit through heavy use. The main weak area seems to be the cheap plastic that the tops of these things are made out of. I broke the first one when a piece of led got stuck in it and I tried to tap the top of the sharpener on my desk (not hard!) to get it out. The plastic broke and left me with the metal only, so I ordered another. The second one broke when my daughter was simply sharpening her pencil--the black plastic top split in two. I am ordering one more of these now to have as a backup to the electric sharpener I just ordered. I think it will be great for that, but if you sharpen a ton of pencils like we do, then you might want to consider getting an electric one yourself. It will save you money in the long run! I should also mention that the metal blades stayed pretty strong throughout our usage, which was great. However, the big side of the sharpener does sharpen considerably more smoothly than the small side, which was okay for us because we were using primarily the fat pencils, but you might be doing otherwise.

The pencil sharpener works really well. I bought this version because I wanted a sharpener that would sharpen the larger size pencils used in woodwork. The regular sharpener I had before works well with the smaller diameter regular pencils but the larger size wouldn’t fit into the hole. This pencil sharpener fixed the problem and works really well. It’s very smooth and only requires one or two twists to get a pencil sharpened. The only thing I didn’t like is the fact that you can not choose the color that will be sent. I ordered two of these and got one blue like in the product listing and one red. They both work great and I am happy with the purchase.