Dahle 133 Professional Pencil Sharpener with Automatic Cutting System - Adjustable Point for Standard & Oversized Pencils - Special Edition - Perfect for Artists, Students & Office Use

Dahle 133 Pencil SharpenerFor those of you who have seen people rave about the Dahle 133 pencil sharpener lately but haven't gotten it to try it out yourself, here is a collage of pics for you to examine and consider. I ordered the basic black and white Dahle 133 model off Amazon. It arrived yesterday. I happened to have 6 new pencils I'm testing out, 2 of.each and all unsharpened.The sharpener is a manual crank but old school style like what we had in schools growing up in the 90s. You press the little tab to pull in rubber grip teeth, pull the white face out and put the pencil in. The rubber grips hold onto the pencil, pressing it gently to the sharpener gears and holding it in place. You turn the little dial on the crank to determine how sharp or dull you want the pencil. I went just sharper than right down the middle as I don't want needle points but do want some acceptable point age. You slowly turn the crank 2 to 4 times until here is no resistance. It feels similar to pedaling backwards on a mountain bike. Pull the pencil out and wipe off any residual shavings.Of each brand owncil (Luminance, Pablo and Hoblein) for these pictures, I sharpened the lightest shade only. I tried to line them up as straight as possible. The top 2 pictures are unsharpened, the bottom two are sharpened. Is it possible my pencils got longer while sharpening? As you can see from my personal review, the sharpener does not eat pencils, handles 3 different width pencils brilliantly without leaving teeth marks on the pencil barrels. I believe less of the wood is taken off than with my Prismacolor Premier hand turning sharpener, Faber Castell 3 in 1 sharpener, for sure less than my no brand Made in China pencil sharpener and we don't talk about how much of a pencil my ZMOL electric pencil sharpener eats.I am now raving, as is everyone else who got and tried the Dahle 133 sharpeners. It is amazing. My search for the perfect sharpener is over. Best part is it comes apart easily for proper cleaning to keep it in tip top shape and it was under $20.