Helix Metal Desktop Pencil Sharpener – Blue Body

Price: £15.50
(as of Sep 09,2024 21:59:57 UTC – Helix Metal Desktop Sharpener
Premium Quality desktop sharpener from Helix
Sturdy metal body, foam grips, and table clamp, make this the perfect tool for students, teachers, artists, and office workers alike.
Features a movable carriage and clamp-system, to allow for greater precision, and to avoid over-sharpening of pencils.
Sharpening Chamber can be easily removed to clear any blockages.
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Reviewer: Naomi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun, functional and sturdy
Review: TLDR [too long, didn’t read] – Highly recommended. Well-designed and fun to use.Sharpens to five different sharpnesses – from “sharp” to “slightly scary” – shown in the photo of the 3 green pencil crayons with the least sharp at the bottom and the sharpest at the top and the middle setting in the middle.Really easy to fit to a range of desks, tables and shelves. Works best on those with a square edge and won’t fit onto heavily rounded ones. The rubber foot which holds it extends to 3 cm. Anything with less than a 1 cm width to the curve will fit great.I tried it with loads of things. A few shown in the second pic, all done on the same (least sharp) setting:- ‘normal’ sized pencils (green) – great- large pencils (yellow) – great, makes them very pointy- large triangular ones (blue) – a bit tricky. You have to hold the whole thing firmly to start it off, then works great.- wax crayon (pink) – works great, but probably sharpens / wastes too much for kids’ crayons- rectangular carpenter’s pencil (not shown) – not recommended. It did work, but it was at the size limits and shaved the edges trying to get it in. I was worried it would get stuck. It’s not completely intuitive – I had to look at the (very simple and visual) instructions to get the most out of it. You need to pull out the side part before inserting the pencil (see photo 3). It then holds the pencil for you as you turn the handle. Stop turning when you no longer feel any resistance and the sound changes.Clear plastic tray makes it really easy to see when the contents are getting full (pic 4) and remove to empty (pic 5). In that latter photo you can see how much of the pink wax crayon got used up sharpening it!A simple twist removes the sharpening mechanism making it really easy to clean and pop back in. I decided not to sharpen more wax crayons in case I gum it up! There’s also a button on the front that you can press without having to remove this piece to get bits of broken lead out of the mechanism easily, but I haven’t tested this.Finally – it’s really good fun to use! It was expensive compared to a simple hand sharpener, but now all my pencils and pencil crayons are beautifully sharp with what felt like no effort at all. I love it! Now I need to do lots more drawing so I can use it again!

Reviewer: herincharge
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just the job
Review: Marvellous sharpener. My hubby has severe tremor who choose means difficult to use hand held sharpener. He was so thrilled to sharpen all the pencils we had😁So easy to use.

Reviewer: Karen Harrison-Binks
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quality not as good as it was
Review: This was to replace one of 2 I have had for about 7 years which decided to stop working. First thing I noticed is that it’s a lot lighter in weight. It does the job admirably but the quality of the item is not as good as the last one I had. Time will tell if it lasts as long. The second original one is still going strong. Like most things these days, make it cheaper, sell it for more. Hence 4 stars not 5.

Reviewer: Phil
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good quality
Review: A choice of 5 point sharpness settings, lead has not broken once, metal construction, good quality

Reviewer: Michael James
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quick delivery
Review: Works very well.

Reviewer: Diane gomme
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It works
Review: What you usually use sharpeners for

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quality
Review: This is quality, just from when I wad at school.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helix pencil sharpener
Review: Just what I was looking for, pencils sharpened to a lovely sharp point

Reviewer: Donald F. Coder, DDS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a wonderful product that does what it is supposed to do, but much better than any I have ever used. I don’t know how I got through so many years without it. I strongly recommend that you purchase this Sharpener! You will not be disappointed.

Reviewer: João Figueira
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Cumpre bem a função, além de ser um bela peça de design.

Reviewer: alianthia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I only just received this but so far, it seems really good. I am a casual artist and adult colourist . I use coloured pencils exclusively and like to have the option of a very sharp point or sometimes one that is more blunt. This sharpener looks to provide these requirements with ease .

Reviewer: Chantal
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Livré sans problème. Merci

Reviewer: Saku Mättö
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The crank and whole job is sturdy and sharpens in a second. My spouse loves it too.

Helix Metal Desktop Sharpener
Premium Quality desktop sharpener from Helix
Sturdy metal body, foam grips, and table clamp, make this the perfect tool for students, teachers, artists, and office workers alike.
Features a movable carriage and clamp-system, to allow for greater precision, and to avoid over-sharpening of pencils.
Sharpening Chamber can be easily removed to clear any blockages.