Price: $9.49 - $5.97
(as of Dec 06, 2024 06:55:17 UTC - Details)

Ensure your Prismacolor pencils are always sharp and ready to draw with the Prismacolor Premier Pencil Sharpener. Featuring two different blades, one for a fine point, the other for a wide point, you’ll always have the right level of sharpness for your art projects. The blades of your Prismacolor pencil sharpener are made of premium steel while the black body is translucent, making it easy to see when it’s time to empty it.
Sharpens your Prismacolor colored pencils to a perfect point
Two different blades, both made from high-quality sharpened steel
Select a wide point for coverage or a fine point for sharp details
Translucent black body allows you to see exactly when the sharpener is full
Specifically designed for Prismacolor Premier pencils
Reviewer: Teresa B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good sharpener
Review: I wanted a nice sharpener to use with my colored pencils. I really like this one. It gives the option of two points and has a nice sized reservoir to hold the shavings. Well made - very useful.

Reviewer: Babydoll123
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Agh I love it
Review: I've been hesitant to buy this but I'm so glad I did. It's a hand heald sharpener so no battery's, silent to use, so well built, plastic outside is a little cheep but hey. Amazing at sharpening my prismacolor pencils and great value for money. Very accurate sharpening.

Reviewer: Ryan Holladay
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent pencil sharpener, confusing opening to empty
Review: Love the pencil sharpener itself. Works great with all the pencils, color pencils, and charcoal that I've thrown at it thus far.The only drawback I have experienced is the opening process. I made myself feel completely incompetent and then looked up a video on how to open it. The process is so simple once you know the "trick", just wish the packaging would have shown how with a couple of pictures.Hint: Just push up with your thumb on the arrow. Do not take the back off. If all else fails check for videos.

Reviewer: M. Craig
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great sharpener for sewing marker pencils
Review: Works great but emptying it is a real pain and takes way much thinking to figure out how to open it. It says a lot that you really have to watch a YouTube video to figure out how to open it. The outside cover is pretty but what is its purpose? You have to remove it to open it. The outside cover is so tight that it feels like it isn’t supposed to be removed and you will feel like it is going to break.

Reviewer: delaney
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 5 stars for this Prismacolor sharpener
Review: I purchased this sharpener after reading some reviews and it really is the best sharpener for these delicate pencils. This is a great price for this unit. I love that it sharpens quickly and provides 2 sized openings. No batteries needed. (That’s another plus). To empty it, it may be difficult at first. The lid is on tight. Over time, it becomes a bit easier to open and you simply empty the shavings out. nice size to slide into your pencil pouch.

Reviewer: suzukela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The only kind I use.
Review: I draw with Prismacolor pencils which are top of the line and very expensive. Those qualities make having a top knothole sharpener a big priority. The blades down in there are plenty sharp and you have 2 choices of the kind of point you want. It collects the shavings without fail and is easy to empty when the time comes. It works well with Prismacolor pencils for which it was designed and, no doubt, serves well with other brands too.

Reviewer: Margaret Zulian
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Two cutters
Review: Like that this has two sharpener’s, one for broader tip and one for very fine sharp tip, this is great for my colored pencils, and very little breakage.have bought them for my grandchildren easy for them to use. Would buy again,and again.

Reviewer: Shooshie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Pencil Sharpener for Prisma Pencils. Here's why:
Review: When you use hundreds of Prisma Pencils, keeping them sharp is hard work. After a few years, you find yourself collecting pencil sharpeners, hoping to find THE one that makes it easy, that produces a fine point, that holds breakage to a minimum, that feels good in the hand, and other attributes as well.This sharpener meets all the above requirements. Let me describe why I like it:• It is large enough to fit in the hand so that you can hold it steady. A precise angle must be maintained, so a sharpener that is steady in the hand is half-way there before you even put the pencil in.• It has a ⅜ inch neck that grips pencils with close tolerance. This is the other half of getting that precise angle and maintaining it. As you turn the pencil, the neck holds the pencil steady and doesn't allow it to tilt in relation to the sharpener. I just checked a half-dozen pencil sharpeners whose necks were from 1/16 inch to ⅛ inch. They do not hold the pencil straight.• This sharpener produces two points; wide and narrow. If you are a pencil artist, you know when each type is more favorable. Most sharpeners do one or the other. usually it's the fat slope, whose point wears quickly, but otherwise lasts a long time. The fine point will do detail work for a little longer between sharpenings. I'm very glad to have both kinds.• It collects wood and core shavings. They stay inside. If you turn it over, you don't get colored grit on your hands, which then gets on your drawings. The lid keeps everything in, yet flips up instantly when needed.• Empties easily once you figure out how. How to remove the cap: the top ⅜" (or just under a half-inch with the cap snapped down) is the part that comes off. It looks like part of the body, but it is tapered so that you can push up on it with your thumbs, and it will come straight out. Do not twist! Do not pull on the cap. The cap will last a long time if you don't pull or twist it. So, just get your thumbs under that last half-inch (avoid the decorative "wrap" part) and push straight up.• Large enough to hold a lot of shavings, yet small enough to fit in most bags without having to reorganize.• Will not dump shavings in your drawing bag/satchel/pack/case/drawer.• Pencil shavings are not pretty to look at. The smoked color of the Prismacolor sharpener means you don't have to.• Stands easily on its circular base.• While it is round (cylindrical), it is weighted so as to resist rolling. On a flat-rubber surface, I had to tilt it beyond 8 degrees to cause it to roll (empty). That's a greater incline than any railroad grade, and more than all but the steepest of automobile grades. It'll give you a fighting chance to catch it before it rolls down the hill you're sitting on while drawing Mount Rushmore.About broken pencil leads in Prismacolors:A dull pencil sharpener, and/or one that does not hold the pencil at the same exact angle against the blade, can indeed break the lead before you've finished sharpening, but that is not the major cause of broken leads. Prismacolors are very soft. Drop a pencil, and even though the wood appears unbroken, the soft core "crayon" inside will shatter in as many as a dozen places. Trying to sharpen one of these is an exercise in futility, and you often have to wait until you get to the end of one before it stops breaking off inside the sharpener. This is not the fault of the sharpener, though as stated above, dull cutters and loose necks can cause most sharpeners to twist off a shattered core before THIS sharpener would do so. Generally, as long as these cutters are kept sharp, this sharpener will resist breaking the core of the pencil. It must be understood, however, that once a pencil has been dropped onto a hard surface, or bent, its core is shattered and no sharpener can prevent it from breaking. You can only hope to find a piece that's long enough to hold until sharpened, then strong enough to hold while you draw.To sum up: the broken cores inside a pencil get twisted out by a dull sharpener or one that cannot maintain a proper angle. While no sharpener can prevent your pencil cores from being broken internally, this one at least does its best not to exacerbate the problem. In short, don't blame the sharpener... up to a point.Ok, so it's a long review for one of the simplest and ordinary tools in our box. But the thing is, there are differences between pencil sharpeners. I have them all. I love some of my tiny, handy sharpeners that can go in a pocket, a pencil case, an Altoids box (along with several erasers and other tools), but they are all guilty of being messy and not holding a perfect angle. This Prismacolor sharpener may be a bit more bulky, but it is probably the best sharpener I've used on Prismacolor Pencils, for the reasons stated above. If it wears out quickly, then I'll take back my 5-star rating, but so far it deserves what I gave it.Shooshie

Reviewer: Juan Manuel Barbosa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: La entrega fue en el tiempo

Reviewer: tohaveandhavenot
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Smooth action, and sharp tips with little effort.

Reviewer: A.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sehr gut geeignet für meine Prismacolors, die Spitzen brechen nicht mehr ab.

Reviewer: Christoph
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Doet wat het moet doen

Reviewer: BenjaminA
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bought this sharpener expecting it to work with my Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, but it doesn't. In fact, it doesn't work with most of the brands I've tried this sharpener. It breaks the core of the pencils. Not at the tip where it's sharpener, but inside the wood. I paid a lot of money for this sharpener expecting it to be good, but all it's good for is the bin and that's where it ended up. Unfortunaly I couldn't return it in time, so I wasted a lot of money on low quality rubbish. Back to my good old brass Bruynzeel Design sharpener and recently I got the T'Gaal sharpener. One fith of the price, but it's working well.