01-30-2025, 05:49 PM
But, still about an essential hand tool in my shop?
These..
Yes, I do know about those "Mechanical" ones out there....But, a good old No. 2 works just fine in my shop...they are cheap, and fairly easy to sharpen...I send mine "out" to Boston..either the full size one..
The old one that fits almost any sized Pencil, or, a more "specialized" one...
The Boston Ever Handy...that only takes one size...
And..I can get the pencils sharper than a needle...as often as I need them to be..
The Problems arise when this other style of Pencil needs sharpened...
Carpenter's Pencils. The main feature with these? They will never roll off the top of your bench and go hide somewhere...There was even a clip to hold one of these on the side of my Hard Hat...
Use to be, to sharpen one of these..depending on what was in your Tool Belt...
Everyone always had a Utility Knife....and they did work nice at the start of a day..with a fresh blade..
However, the chisel that rode around in one's tool belt, was rarely sharp enough...
Has the edge tended to be rather beat up...
There IS another way....and it does not involve an Angle Grinder, either....
Stay tuned..
These..

Yes, I do know about those "Mechanical" ones out there....But, a good old No. 2 works just fine in my shop...they are cheap, and fairly easy to sharpen...I send mine "out" to Boston..either the full size one..

The old one that fits almost any sized Pencil, or, a more "specialized" one...

The Boston Ever Handy...that only takes one size...

And..I can get the pencils sharper than a needle...as often as I need them to be..

The Problems arise when this other style of Pencil needs sharpened...

Carpenter's Pencils. The main feature with these? They will never roll off the top of your bench and go hide somewhere...There was even a clip to hold one of these on the side of my Hard Hat...
Use to be, to sharpen one of these..depending on what was in your Tool Belt...

Everyone always had a Utility Knife....and they did work nice at the start of a day..with a fresh blade..

However, the chisel that rode around in one's tool belt, was rarely sharp enough...

Has the edge tended to be rather beat up...
There IS another way....and it does not involve an Angle Grinder, either....
Stay tuned..
Show me a picture, I'll build a project from that