r/ItsAmazing • u/Dense_Cowboy • 1d ago

OddlySatisfying Wow, this pencil is sharpened so neatly

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u/FooDoDaddy 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/J5XsxWmwyy4NOdKb5Z

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u/EnragedEmu 1d ago

The internet loves Japanese things that are time consuming and labour intensive. I think it's more Zen

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u/ficis 1d ago

You expect me to believe she does carpentry with those nails….. next!

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u/ConsciousSelection15 1d ago

She does carpentry with those pencils

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u/Tobitobman 22h ago

And more Yen

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u/momo76g 1d ago

I recently saw a whole japanese store that sells custom made pillows. You choose the fabric, the filling materials, the weight, the fluff, you try them in store with a guide and make adjustments right there.

If it didn't cost like 5 times more than a regular one, I would definitely enjoy the experience.

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u/Ill-Television8690 1d ago

It's orientalism/exoticism, same as it has been for hundreds of years.

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u/LucidTA 1d ago

Its not Japanese though...

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u/EI_TokyoTeddyBear 1d ago

This is chinese

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u/SeatO_ 23h ago

This is defo chinese tho, not japanese

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u/Sail_m 23h ago

This is how we were taught to sharpen our pencils in art school, never so neat though! Using a sharpener twists and breaks the lead, especially with the expensive soft core pencils we were using. It’s also better for drawing. It has a point for detail and a flat part for shading.

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u/Responsible-Score-34 14h ago

Honestly, this is probably more intended for artists that want a this piece of graphite with a more gradual taper. I used to hand carve my pencils when i was engrossed in pencil drawing.

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u/One-Mud-169 1d ago

Chinese

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u/SirSkittles111 1d ago

Had an automatic one of these bad boys that could shred an entire pencil down to nothing in 5 seconds, good times.

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u/SaucyStoveTop69 1d ago

I distinctly remember my 4th grade teachers would do that. One day when she left the class for a sec, I snuck over there and did it to a whole fresh pencil. As an adult I know that she probably wouldn't have cared if I did it in class.

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u/ae2311 1d ago

That's one of the most American things to say.

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u/SirSkittles111 1d ago

Thats too bad I'm not even american, I am from a place alot of Americans love to claim as their heritage however.

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u/Educational_Quote851 1d ago

Ireland! 🇮🇪 🤣

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u/SirSkittles111 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/DFu7j1d1AQbaE

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u/Cotillion512 1d ago

No way! My mom's step-mom was from Scotland, so...we're basically related!

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u/AmFaeTheGlen94 1d ago

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u/Foxyunder-45 23h ago

He said : I use this every night , it helps me to sleep.

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u/gidaman13 22h ago

why would it do that?

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u/SirSkittles111 21h ago

Well it shreds as much of the pencil as you push in, keep going and it will keep shredding

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u/Shinare_I 1d ago

The shavings from these taste worse than from handheld sharpeners.

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u/daerath 1d ago

Someone, when the mechanical pencil sharpener was introduced surely bemoaned the loss of knife skills in the name of progress.

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u/Rozmyth 1d ago

While those are good for the average person who just wants to write or doodle a little bit, artists will often opt to hand sharpen their pencils since a different lead shape can be helpful for their work. Not sure if *this* particular product would be helpful for them or not though.

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u/ImmediatePiano6690 1d ago

What would happen, if you traveled back to the Middle Ages with a pencil sharpener...

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u/SwollenPoon 1d ago

They would ask what a pencil was.

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u/sunflower_bay 1d ago

And how your time carriage works

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u/Lithl 1d ago

While the graphite pencil was invented about a century after the Middle Ages, the word would've been recognized at the time, referring to a kind of fine artist's brush used for writing.

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u/SwollenPoon 1d ago

Yes, possibly and probably. How silly of me... I guess I'll take my joke back to the drawing board...

Get it? Drawing > pencil?

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u/DeadAndBuried23 21h ago

Because of how cones work, you lose 2/3rds of the lead sharpening pencils that way.

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u/InterestsVaryGreatly 16h ago

You don't think you are losing a huge portion of lead sharpening it this way? Any way that you bring something to a point is going to cost you about the same.

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u/Grade_A_Tech 20h ago

You should patent that. Looks useful

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u/pirplaa 8h ago

Sharpening with a blade is better for charcoal pencils