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"David Rees specializes in the artisanal sharpening of No. 2 pencils: for fifteen dollars, he will hand-sharpen your pencil and return it to you (along with the shavings), its point sheathed in vinyl tubing. . . ."

http://www.newyorker.com/...orker.html



I've got a pocket knife . . . maybe I have a future in the artisanal pencil sharpening filed.

!! Even better . . . training others to be artisanal pencil sharpeners !!

Coincides nicely with this story, perhaps?

MSNBC: Today, Does 'Artisanal' Even Mean Anything Anymore?

There is a book that teaches you the fine art of pencil sharpening. I gather it is humorous.

I was thinking that as a side business to the sharpening maybe I'd offer eraser restoration for $14.99.

That's Awesome, Hal.

Here you go... your own private lesson.