Thread: Artisanal Pencil Sharpening

Glad you brought this up Bill I've been thinking I'd sharpen pencils for $10.00 each ..... Geez .... did I just break the rules ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Glad you brought this up Bill I've been thinking I'd sharpen pencils for $10.00 each ..... Geez .... did I just break the rules ?

Why just go for the sharpening when you can get the sharpening and a print for only $60.

This reminds me of the watch winding service I wanted to start. Give me your watch and for a small fee I'll wind it for you. International customers can have a video as well to prove that it was wound!

ARTISANAL : Obviously an anal-retentive artisan who must believe that the rest of the world shares his misconceived idea that an expensive hand sharpened pencil is superior to a mechanically pointed one.

Regards - Walt


Main Entry: ar·ti·san
Pronunciation: \ˈär-tə-zən, -sən, chiefly British ˌär-tə-ˈzan\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from northern Italian dial. form of Tuscan artigiano, from arte art, from Latin art-, ars
Date: 1538
1 : a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson
2 : one that produces something (as cheese or wine) in limited quantities often using traditional methods
— ar·ti·san·al \-zə-n^əl, -sə-, -ˈza-\ adjective
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a·nal (āˈnəl)
adjective

1. Psychology a. Of or relating to the second stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, roughly from ages one to three, during which gratification is derived from sensations associated with the anus and defecation. The anal stage is preceded by the oral stage and followed by the phallic stage.
   b. Indicating personality traits that originated during toilet training and are distinguished as anal-expulsive or anal-retentive.

So are you saying you would prefer an anal-expulsive artisan to sharpen your pencils?

Following the links off the testimonial page, I am pretty sure this is a joke.
The interview here makes it seem more like a joke than a serious business venture: Three Questions for David Rees About His New Artisanal Pencil-Sharpening Project: The Daily Details: Blog: Details
This one too: warburtonlabs: LET'S GET SHARP!

I am guessing this is an attempt by some guy to make some money, not as an artisan pencil sharpener, but as the guy with a flavor of the day viral website. There will be people dumb enough to part with their money at that site just to say they did it.

How about saving your money and doing it yourself:

Wow Sailor, I'd like to get one of those, it's the cat's a$$.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Wow Sailor, I'd like to get one of those, it's the cat's a$$.

Real men use real cat so i thought that you already have one
I found this pic from google image search. Feel free to purchase one. I'm sure your cat will appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Sailor

How about saving your money and doing it yourself:

As Larry The CableGuy would say " Now thats funny right there"

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.