#Brass pencil sharpener portable

(Office national de la propriété industrielle,ĭescription des machines et procédés consignés dans les brevets, Paris, v. 24, 1829.įrench patent awarded to Bernard Lassimone, Oct. On the other hand, the moreĬleanly method of sharpening a pencil by cutting outward, that is, away from theīody, is apt to result in too deep a cut and the consequent breaking of theĪdvertised in Le Constitutionnel, Paris, Dec. That it is apt to soil the thumb and fingers. Usually held that the correct way to sharpen a pencil is to hold the pointĪgainst the right thumb and cut away the surplus wood and lead by drawing theīlade of the knife toward the thumb. Some of its products are illustrated below. A leading supplier of these knives was the Eagle By the 1880s, small knives were advertised specifically for Sharpeners marketed only for slate pencils are shown against a greenĪvailable evidence indicates that throughout the 19th century and the very early 20thĬentury the vast majority of lead pencils were sharpened by whittling with a Lead and slate pencils, and a number of others were marketed to sharpen only However, a number were marketed to sharpen both Most of of these devices were marketed to InĬases, the sharpening is done by a blade, an abrasive medium (a file, sandpaper, Move while the pencil is being sharpened. Pencil sharpeners, and most have no parts that

#Brass pencil sharpener portable

Most of these devices are small enough to be considered portable or pocket Patents exist for many additional small pencil sharpeners,īut we are not aware of surviving examples or advertisements that demonstrate that these additional models were produced. We have not included a number of devices for which we have only an advertisement without an illustration or product description.

Marketed between 18 for which we have (a) an advertisement or product announcement with an illustration or product description, (b) a patent, or (c) a photograph of a surviving device. This exhibit covers all small pencil sharpeners Cartoon by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, Dec.