Having a carpenter's pencil on hand is the right ... to avoid making a tight point like you would with a typical pencil in a sharpener. A sharp point goes dull faster than the wedge shape.

Unfortunately, though, it's easy to forget to purchase a sharpener to accompany the ... are wondering how to use a knife to ...

What is known is that he worked as a carpenter in Massachusetts ... The small, hand-held model we associate with our pencil cases is known as a prism sharpener - with its conical hole just below ...