Faber-Castell Miscellaneous Castell 9000 Twin Sharpening Box, Green, for Art, Craft, Drawing, Sketching, Home, School, University, Colouring

I’m always wary of buying sharpeners. Some can be very disappointing. This however, isn’t. Sharpens smoothly to a needlepoint. No need to worry about using your expensive pencils and nibs snapping off. Good value for money, easy to use and having two sizes makes is convenient. Easy to open, empty and less mess.

Brilliant sharpener for the Faber Castelle 9000 series pencils. It accommodates both the normal sized pencils and also the larger/thicker jumbo 9000 pencil. This latter pencil is ideal for older artists perhaps with arthritis and the sharpener is likewise easy to hold and use. A great addition to the pencil case which upholds the Faber Castelle quality.

I needed a new pencil sharpener. The look of this particular one appealed to me. It was reasonable priced and does the job.

I appreciate the thin profile as it means it fits well in a sketch kit. Sharpens when and has internal bin for holding sharpening.

Really good sharpener but I’m sad I lost it after only a few months smh will have to buy another one now. It’s that good lol had two different sharpener sizes on it.

2 holes for thicker/ thinner pencils works well enough

Ideal for Fabre Castile pencils

While it probably makes me sound stupid if I say that it took me a while to work out how to use this - a pencil sharpener! In fact you don't put your pencil in the hole as I expected - rather that hole is a hinge and the sharpener swings out from there. Once I worked that out it was fine. I actually have a manual desk sharpener at home which I generally use to sharpen my pencils before I set out, however, you always need to have a portable sharpener on hand while you're out as the desk one is too large for field work. This fits into the kit bag and works well so I expect it will be perfect for emergencies.