My children, in a back-to-school consumer mode that would warm the hearts of economic analysts and mall managers alike, are in love with battery-powered pencil sharpeners. Don't ask me how this came ...

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 ...

Pencil sharpeners are an essential tool for students of all ages, artists and pros in a wide range of technical fields. A dull pencil can doom good work, but thankfully, that’s not a fate any ...