“How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening” (Melville House, $19.95), by David Rees, is not your average book about pencil sharpening. In ...

(CBS News) It's 30 days to Christmas, and over the coming weeks we'll be looking at intriguing holiday offerings, large and small. Even in our electronic age, the humble pencil is still very, very big ...

For years, the knife was the most commonly used tool to sharpen the wooden writing instrument known as a pencil (which historians believe was invented in the 15th or 16th century). But whittling the ...

If you think artisanal pencil sharpening is a joke, you’re missing the point. David Rees, a cartoonist, humor writer and self-crowned pencil sharpening artisan, is on a mission to educate America with ...

Today’s “waste of plastic” award goes to two items. A tag-team of tat, if you will. In the red corner, we have the Top Gear V8 Pencil Sharpener, a product with such a dearth of features that one of ...

Discover five inventive ways to repurpose a pencil sharpener blade and everyday items into practical DIY tools. This video ...

In the barroom outside the shotgun performance hall at Pete's Candy Store, a woman's singing threatened to drown out a free lecture on artisanal pencil sharpening. "They're making an acetate record ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. April 5, 2017 Add as a ...

Never have a dull moment with a solid pencil sharpener. A classic option is a manual one with an old-school hand crank—once a staple of classrooms and art studios everywhere. While many people may opt ...

Sticking a pencil into the top lens of this tiny TLR camera feels like you're sticking a pointy stick in somebody's eye, but that's ok, as that's not really a lens. In fact, this isn't really a camera ...