David Rees thinks he knows how to sharpen pencils. He says people have entrusted 1,500 pencil points to his sharpening business. I know a little something about working with sharp pencils, and let me ...

“How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening” (Melville House, $19.95), by David Rees, is not your average book about pencil sharpening. In ...

Although it’s not very glamorous, everyone needs a reliable pencil sharpener in their home. Whether your kids write with pencils every day or you turn to your colored pencils and your calming coloring ...

(CBS News) It's 30 days to Christmas, and over the coming weeks we'll be looking at intriguing holiday offerings, large and small. Even in our electronic age, the humble pencil is still very, very big ...

The fabled performance artist declaims poetry commemorating our age of Zoom funerals and Zoom weddings and Zoom memorials and compulsive handwashing.

When's the last time you sat down and wrote something with a nice, sharp pencil? You'll be happy to know that it still feels, sounds, and smells great. But a sharp pencil requires a pencil sharpener, ...

Gone are the days when kids had to raise their hands, rise from their desks and walk to sharpen their pencils in the corner of the classroom. Granted, personal sharpeners definitely aren’t a fresh ...

Electric pencil sharpeners have grown in demand amongst students, creatives, and professionals who frequently use pencils. These tools offer a quick, efficient, and accurate sharpening process which ...

This story was published on Sept 10, 2015. The late Steve Jobs famously said, "Who wants a stylus? You have to get them, put them away. You lose them. Yuck." That was 2007. This week, Apple unveiled ...