Sharpening a drawing pencil with a knife

In this video, I will talk about sharpening a drawing pencil with a knife, why you would want to sharpen a pencil with a knife instead of a pencil sharpener, and I will demonstrate my method for sharpening a pencil with a knife.

[@bngr_bngr]

My dad always used a utility knife to sharpen his pencils. He would put the tip of the pencil on the bench then shape the wood tip. He would follow up by cutting the lead.

[@tjenahoj]

An often overlooked detail, Thanks. A "safe" alternativ would be a sandpaper :)

[@scottsackett8790]

What prompted me to look at using a knife was I was looking at some expensive sharpeners and thought there had to be a cheaper option.

[@tjenahoj]

@@scottsackett8790 Thanks for answer and heart! You can look for older 100+ years old pencil sharpeners and see that they are much more elaborate and sophisticated. It was some time since I read up on it, buit from memory - Likely because the pencil then was a much more appreciated and new invention. At one point it actually was considered a great millitary secret, the graphite lead I believe it was called back then (this is before they learned to mix graphite with clay to make pencil lead). The mines were a closely guarded secret.