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How To Sharpen Pencils: A Practical And Theoretical Treatise On The Artisanal Craft Of Pencil Sharpening For Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants (2012)

by David Rees(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1612190405 (ISBN13: 9781612190402)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Melville House

review 1: If you are the kind of person that comes across a book called "how to sharpen pencils" and thinks "hmmm, that's interesting, let me find out more" than you can be sure of two things: 1) you are a rare breed indeed 2) you will find this book worth reading through. Dryly humorous and surprisingly informative, you may not read every word inside but you'll enjoy skimming. Includes a great forward by John Hodgman.
review 2: I am eternally grateful to David Rees for, dare I say, penciling this book. I am known as the sole mechanical pencil sharpener aficionado at my school. Students delight in the opportunity to hand crank their pencils sharp at my wall mounted sharpener. I am very proud to declare that when the PTO gave every teacher a brand new electric sharpene... morer that I didn't even let it in the room. I donated it to the teacher work room.The sledge hammer was a bit too harsh for my tastes. But the great news is that all the teachers know they can donate their dead electric sharpeners to me for my engineering students to demolish when they quit working. So all is well and relatively balanced in my pencil sharpening world.David Rees - You make me think. You make me laugh. You make me wish that a few bits were a bit "cleaner" for my middle school classroom so I could put this book on my book shelf. I am emboldened to bring your book in for a teacher read aloud when I find the need to teach "how to write instructions." I'll avoid the naughty bits. less

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