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Art teacher here. Pencil sharpening using a knife is a highly underestimated component of drawing. In my drawing class, pencil sharpeners are forbidden. TFA do
by Daub 4y ago
Art teacher here. Pencil sharpening using a knife is a highly underestimated component of drawing. In my drawing class, pencil sharpeners are forbidden.
TFA does not seem to address in any detail the knife itself. Most hobby-style knives are too bendy to use safely. They also often break in such a way as to present the sharp edge on the wrong side. Can’t count the number of cuts I have received in that way. By far preferred is the Stanley-style knife blade: thick and non-bendy.
- CSSer 4y agoFor those unfamiliar with the brand, Stanley makes what is often colloquially referred to as “box cutters”. I may just be out of the loop but I had to Google the brand for it to click for me. Also, I’m curious. When you say hobby-style do you mean an x-acto knife or more like your standard folding pocket knife?
- Daub 4y ago> For those unfamiliar with the brand, Stanley makes what is often colloquially referred to as “box cutters”. Yep... box cutter blade. Lost in translation somewhere across the Atlantic :) > Also, I’m curious. When you say hobby-style do you mean an x-acto knife or more like your standard folding pocket knife? I mean a knife like the one shown in the article: a retractile blade, whose leading blunt end can be broken-off incrementally in order to maintain a consistent sharp edge. The break is designed to follow a pre-scored edge. A nice idea in theory, but the blades frequently break in a direction oblique to that pre-scoring. This gives the visual impression that the sharp edge is facing one direction, when in fact it is facing the other. Ouch.