Artisanal Pencil Sharpening

**Frankenstein** · 08-15-2010, 03:29 AM

Looking at the picture here he seems to have a couple of sharpeners:

warburtonlabs: LET'S GET SHARP!

Metal looks German but I'm not sure about the plastic one. Actually I thought he would have used a blade or other traditional woodworking tool.

**jimmyfingers** · 08-15-2010, 03:34 AM

I do not think this is a joke and I am sure this guy would take your money if you 'gave' it to him.

I think he thinks it is a joke by mocking how stupid people are.

**JMS** · 08-15-2010, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by jimmyfingers

I think he thinks it is a joke by mocking how stupid people are.

You are correct. Likewise, we are mocking him in this thread.

**Morty** · 08-15-2010, 04:26 AM

If this isn't like that Web site "The Onion," P.T. Barnum did say there was one born every minute. . . .

I wonder if he knows not to use pencil sharpeners made in Pakistan?

**Frankenstein** · 08-15-2010, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by jimmyfingers

I do not think this is a joke and I am sure this guy would take your money if you 'gave' it to him.

I think he thinks it is a joke by mocking how stupid people are.

Unfortunately he's not doing anything the government or industry doesn't do, and at least his service has some comic value.

**JimR** · 08-15-2010, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyfingers

I do not think this is a joke and I am sure this guy would take your money if you 'gave' it to him.

I think he thinks it is a joke by mocking how stupid people are.

He's a political cartoonist. You are paying to be part of the experience, to be part of a statement on the kind of world where people buy sweaters for their dogs, or pay guys to rearrange their furniture and tell them it's going to improve their golf game.

It's a joke, but not a joke.

Subtlety is obviously not a strong point at SRP...

**kevint** · 08-15-2010, 02:18 PM

Jim; How in the heck am I supposed to know if my pencil is truly, properly sharp unless I first experience jotting with one professionally pointed?

Hmmm?

**nzFuzzy** · 08-17-2010, 04:06 AM

If you decide that you want something a little different from a professionally sharpened pencil, you could always look into Pencil Tip Sculptures

**Bill S** · 08-17-2010, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by nzFuzzy

If you decide that you want something a little different from a professionally sharpened pencil, you could always look into Pencil Tip Sculptures

Now that I might pay for. Thanks.

**JimR** · 08-17-2010, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by nzFuzzy

If you decide that you want something a little different from a professionally sharpened pencil, you could always look into Pencil Tip Sculptures

Holy crap...that's amazing.

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