Before buying I was a bit weary reading other reviews that describe an unbalanced sharpened point (one side sharp lead exposed, the other side still wood).

If you are an artist, this is great for soft leads and colored pencils because it gives you so much control

Prismacolor coloring pencils and watercolor pencils without breaking the lead over and over again like with the tiny hand sharpeners we were using

We haven't broken a single led since switching to this sharpener, and it is much sharper than we could ever get with a bladed sharpener

Purchased this sharpener to use in my wood shop because I have a variety of size pencils, every one I sharpen it breaks the lead and no matter how many times you try the lead is broken ~ 1" back into the pencil have wasted too many pencils

A legit pencil sharpener... could probably knaw through an entire pencil in a minute or two... doesn't break the lead

This always sharpens by soft lead pencils without breaking the lead like the crappy sharpeners do.

Love having this as opposed to the cheap little plastic sharpeners that continually break your lead

It breaks the lead, and cuts the wood way off center.

Heavy duty enough, and does a fantastic job of sharpening without breaking the lead (even in the cheap off center Walmart pencils).

It puts a fine point on a pencil without breaking the lead, is very smooth and comfortable.

Tired of cheap blade-based sharpeners that go dull quickly or break the pencil led

This always sharpens by soft lead pencils without breaking the lead like the crappy sharpeners do.

Two excellent features; I've had it for a couple months now and it has yet to break a lead

It's easy to use doesn't break the lead of the pencils and gives you a nice sharp point

Sharpens pencils without chopping them up or breaking lead!

Any diameter pencil is easily sharpened to as fine a point as you like, with no tendency to break the lead

but I have a tough time getting a nice sharp point on my hard lead pencils without chewing up too much of the pencil.

Prismacolor coloring pencils and watercolor pencils without breaking the lead over and over again like with the tiny hand sharpeners we were using

At our house, we love coloring with color pencils, but the cheap blade sharpeners (automatic or manual) would regularly break the led deep into the pencil causing us to waste a lot

It puts a great point on your drawing pencils without breaking the lead every time you use it like some I have tried

got tired of the cheapy little hand sharpeners that broke my lead every time a tried to sharpen my pencils I use in marking wood cuts.

Leaves a clean smooth lead everytime.

Also, it's a very aggressive cut, so you have to hold the pencil carefully as you sharpen, or it's going to constantly break the lead.

I was tired of pencil sharpeners that jammed, broke off lead or I could never find as they were so small

Other brands kept breaking my pencil leads and eating my pencils.

Never breaks the lead

This pencil sharpener provide you with precision sharpened pencil point without breaking the lead in the pencil

It Sharpened fine at first but it soon only sharpened one side then it would only "eat" the pencil and break the lead on almost every attempt.

The first one that is big enough is too big, causing the pencil to shift and break the lead.

Have had many battery operated sharpeners as well as hand ones, nothing beats the school-type sharpeners

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This doesn't really bother me as I don't sharpen a ton

If you mount it on a wall for use for turning the handle with your right hand, the basket dumps as you take it off

Works as long as you can turn it.

Disappointing as you really should not need to buy a pencil sharpener every few years.