Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Using a well sharpened carpenter's pencil is fundamental to professional carpentry. This video shows pencil sharpening techniques and methods I've learned during 40+ years in the building trades including the Classic Point, Blunt Classic Point, Offset Scribe Point and the Projected Point. Remember: friends don't let friends use nasty pencils!
These, from my Amazon Influencer page, are the tools I use to get excellent results sharpening carpenter's pencils:
http://a.co/3gODv03
plus my favorite mechanical pencils and the big eraser I keep on hand in the shop for erasing layout marks, etc.
Using a well sharpened carpenter's pencil is fundamental to professional carpentry. This video shows pencil sharpening techniques and methods I've learned during 40+ years in the building trades including the Classic Point, Blunt Classic Point, Offset Scribe Point and the Projected Point. Remember: friends don't let friends use nasty pencils!
These, from my Amazon Influencer page, are the tools I use to get excellent results sharpening carpenter's pencils:
http://a.co/3gODv03
plus my favorite mechanical pencils and the big eraser I keep on hand in the shop for erasing layout marks, etc.
