X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031)

by X-Acto

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 2.8 x 4.2 inches ; 14.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IEDY
• Item model number: EPI1031
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #2 in Office Products > Educational Supplies > Writing & Correction Supplies > Pens & Refills > Retractable Ballpoint Pens
  • #4 in Office Products > Educational Supplies > Writing & Correction Supplies > Pencil Sharpeners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 4, 2006

Product Description

Manual pencil sharpeners are the perfect addition to the classroom or workshop. Designed using the highest quality materials, Boston manual pencil sharpeners deliver both performance and reliability. Our manual pencil sharpeners feature carbon steel sharpened blades and sturdy construction. There are Boston sharpeners to handle a variety of different pencils, from composite, to hardwood - even crayons! The timeless manual sharpener designs by Boston are now part of the X-ACTO Precision Instruments line. This line brings the quality you remember, re-engineered for even better performance. The Boston KS Manual Pencil Sharpener is a traditionally styled pencil sharpener that mounts easily onto any horizontal surface. With an adjustable 8 hole pencil guide and the ability to stand up to continuous, heavy duty sharpening, this manual pencil sharpener makes a great addition to a workshop desk or table. The KS model features a brilliant metal finish, sturdy vacuum mounts, X-ACTO quality blades, and a 10 year warranty, guaranteeing a precise, clean cut that won't cause a disturbance around the office or classroom. Our line of precision instruments features electric and battery powered sharpeners, knives, trimmers, punches, clips and staplers - all to meet all your needs from a company rich in both history and tradition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

148 of 163 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite Like Old School..., February 17, 2008

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TIRSDAG - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031) (Office Product)

After having enough of battery-eating weak electric models, we decided to do it "old school." I have fond memories of those sturdy, satisfying wall-mounted manual pencil sharpeners from elementary school. This model would be decent if it were manufactured properly...(but isn't that true of sooooo many things?) Okay, here's my assessment: Either one of the steel receptacle centering fins was honed at an incorrect angle or one of the twin barrel cutters was set at the wrong angle, or both.

When you were in grade school did you ever place way too much downward angular pressure on your pencil as you were sharpening it? If you ever did, then you probably also remember returning to your desk and discovering half the "lead" still covered by the wood barrel of the pencil. Employing a writing instrument prepared in such a way is like scraping and scratching with a pointy stick, rather than the smooth unfettered flow of freshly revealed graphite. I swear, what happened to product testing or, for that matter, product quality?

Fast forward to present day: No, I did not place too much angular pressure on the barrel of my present-day pencil...the afore-described result was from gingerly CENTERING the pencil in the sharpener before turning the crank. (I think I got the "centering" thing down to a science after 12 years of daily manual pencil sharpening.) And, yes, I tried many, many pencils to make sure it wasn't just a poorly manufactured pencil. I wanted soooo badly for this product to work, but it just wasn't to be :-(

It's shocking. And yet, disturbingly, I *somehow* have gradually come to expect such disappointment from my purchases over the past couple of decades.

I would pay *4* times as much money for a 100% American-made quality product...if I could *find* a 100% American-made quality product. Come on America, let's get on (or in this case, off) the "stick" and get the "lead" out!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, Solid and reliable, February 6, 2006

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James Hatsis "AHR" (Greensboro, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031) (Office Product)

A great sharpener, I have two girls in my house (ages 7 and 13) and they have broke nearly a dozen plastic and various electric models. This sharpener is very heavy duty and solidly built. I think it would stand up to a class room full of kids. I plan on buying one for my shop.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't sharpen pencils properly and tends to eat them if given half a chance, November 19, 2009

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CWeb - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031) (Office Product)

I've decided to replace this pencil sharpener because it has been destroying too many pencils. I have the same problem so many reviewers have had - namely it tends to sharpen only one side of the pencil when it doesn't chew right through them. In the end, I find myself having to remove the wood on the unsharpened side by hand, all too often breaking the lead in the process. We'd have -much- better luck with a cheap 50 cent sharpener, or a kitchen knife, or a machete...blender...