REVIEW Mitsubishi KH 20 Hand-Crank Pencil Sharpener | World's Best Pencil Sharpener?
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2016
- The search for the World's Best Pencil Sharpener continues with a review of the Mitsubishi KH20 pencil sharpener.
This is a review of the Mitsubishi KH-20 Hand-Crank pencil sharpener.
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Best pencil sharpener search continues as we take a look at this Mitsubishi KH-20 pencil sharpener. It is a hand-crank unit from Japan. 
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The amount of effort that went into the design of this sharpener, is quite a delight.
its typical japanese design...........kabuki theatre...........you see the same lines in japanese cars.......just look at a toyota landcruiser or mitsubishi pajero!
Thanks for this review. On the strength of your assessment and the comments here, I decided to get one. I've had mine only a few days, and I am convinced it is the best sharpener I have ever used in almost 60 years of using and sharpening pencils.
Keep up the great tutorials !! "helps a lot" ps i know this is a review, these never hurt ether too watch ! Happy New Year
Very useful review and mine has just arrived. I'm sure the Japanese on the outside would be instructions - but as I do not read (or indeed speak) Japanese I was very pleased you explained it all. Great job, as always.
I have so many top tier sharpeners and this one is by far my favorite long point sharpener. You can put a super sharp tip or a nice blunt one. The jaws do not eat into your pencils like most of the same design. Worth every penny I paid for it.
Wonderful sharpener! I loved that I was able to remove the blade unit. My daughter clogged it by trying to sharpen a wax crayon, but your video showed me that I could get inside. I was able to clean it up with some metal skewers. It works like new again. Solid mechanism and great design for sure! Thanks for your video!
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
This is the sharpener I use it's an amazing one ;) great vid Rix. I've sharpened around 5,000+ pencils with this and I have never had one (even round) pencil slip as you described. Nor has it lost any of that tension in the finger mechanism.
jdawg420247 this is a comment I was looking for. Sounds well worth the money
Sykotik1 I love your channel picture
hahaha this intro is pure dynamique, you rock !
I look forward to checking out owning one.
I don't know if it helps in clarifying why it didn't come with the clamp, but in 4:04 it can be read in the box 「クランプ（シャープナー固定具）は別売りとなっています」 which means "Clamp (tool to fasten the sharpener) sold separately". Great video!
Thanks. Nice to know.
Mitsubishi makes the best pencil sharpener. Almost 50 years ago, my father brought home a Mitsubishi hand crank sharpener and that thing blew any sharpener out of water. It was pink and the entire sharpener was made in metal except for the acrylic dust bin. It did come with a desk clamp. With the new KH20 which is plastic, I doubt it would last with a desk clamp which will likely put too much stress on the housing. I suspect that it is the reason why Mitsubishi does not provide the clamp with this new sharpener. Our original sharpener is long gone as we moved from Hong Kong to the USA. I still miss that robust sharpener very much.
50 years ago things were made to last,you could change out blades and keep it a lifetime.....today everything is made disposable.......you sharpen 5000 or 10000 pencils , if lucky ...and you throw it away.....
I got so nervous when you were touching the blade ! 😂 thanks for the review
Adding some suspense to my video. ;-)
Which cranked sharpener accepts both regular and jumbo color pencils?
This is my go to sharpener
Glad to have found your channel, great comprehensive review! Have you tried the Derwent Superpoint? If you have, how does this Uni KH-20 compare to the Derwent?
Thanks. Never have on the Superpoint. Maybe in the future.
Hey rick, I just bought one from jet pens. This little puppy is amazing.
Yep. It's a keeper!
Where did you get it?
KH-20 is cost
¥2,000
$23.39 (CA)
$17.76 (US
₫4,13,060
Can you tell me what Best pencil sharpener is for harder leads like 4h. I use a kum long point and after a few uses it seems to snap the 4h since its so hard. I was going to order the helix is this a good choice?
Usually it is the soft leads that get snapped by sharpeners. I don't have any trouble with many of my sharpeners and the hard pencils like the 4h. Sure you aren't being a little rough on the little fellas? :-) Instead of using a hand sharpener like the Kum, use a crank type or electric type. I review several on this channel. Check them out.
who has one like it? if it works well? takes out the long and thin tip?
Can someone tell me if you can sharpen Caran d'Ache graphite pencils with this? They are a little larger than regular pencils.
Yes. The Grafwood and the Swiss Wood pencils fit without any issue.
great review thanks
Thanks for watching and chiming in!
Is the point on the kh20 concave at all? Also the thing with the metal teeth, i have the carl angel5 and on some of the pencils, the pencil sharpener's teeth slip, making a long dent in the pencil
Doesn't appear concave to me.
Good review, but how does it go with colour pencils & pastel pencils? i.e. Derwent Coloursoft or pastels
Unfortunately I do not know because I have neither of those pencils. Sorry. Perhaps someone else can answer this.
Will it work on large three sides pencils? Will they fit.
Might fit, but probably won't sharpen.
A pencils ips mine must have broken off while sharpening a pencil and now it does not sharpening any other pencil. How can I fix that
You have to clear it out. Try tapping it. Try to dislodge the broken piece by opening it up and using a toothpick. I don't know any other way.
So is there any tool to sharpen the helical blades inside manual and electric sharpeners? I cannot seem to find anything and as a teacher I am so tired of replacing expensive electric pencil sharpeners. I am thinking of experimenting with using a dremel to file the edge but I worry that I would have no way of staying consistent. It seems like someone could make some sort of tool with an angled file and a notch or something that would rest it at the correct angle as you scrape the blade moving up or down the spiral.
I'm not aware of anything. I've yet had to replace one but I can imagine it would be an issue for heavy use situations.
Really liked this video! When the sharpener snapped you really made it. Funny... I Laughed...Woo...the finger snapping feature is scary! Quick fingers!
I think they charge extra for that snapping turtle feature. :-) Thanks for commenting!
This sharpener appears to make straight tapers. I like my Carl Angel 5 curved points better I think it exposes more graphite. Thanks for the review.
I've compared the two and the KH-20 and Carl exposes the same amount of graphite. The KH-20 exposes a little more wood. Opening up both units, the Carl and KH-20 uses the same type of blades (drum with curved blades), although the Carl drum is shorter in length.
Do you know of any pencil sharpeners that sharpen to a shorter more blunt point? I love how the prismacolor colored pencils come with a short point and have been looking high and low for a sharpener to do that... I do not prefer the very long point... hopefully an electric one? Any help will be appreciated
Not off the top of my head. I always look for the long point, so can't recall the ones that include blunt short ends.
this sharpener on the blunt setting.
AFMAT makes an electric pencil sharpener specifically for colored pencils and the angle is greater than a usual pencil sharpener, much greater than a long point sharpener, I believe it is 65 degrees, but don't quote me on that. The purpose is to make a shorter point and therefore waste less pencil when sharpening. I was just recently researching electric pencil sharpeners as I just took over an Elementary School Art classroom and the pencil sharpener in the room is broken!!!!! I will see if I can find the item I was looking at in my search history, but I am sure it was an AFMAT product and it mentioned colored pencils specifically and the explanation about extending the life of the pencil. Hope this is helpful to you or someone else, seeing your question was posted a year ago.
T'gaal pencil sharpner....it has 5 angles to choose from.
Question. Do you know the longest point you can make on a pencil using manual pencil sharpener (not a carving knife) (lol)
JDvorak2009 Yes. As long as the pencil itself. Just use the KUM Masterpiece or Big Triple and you can remove virtually all the wood and sharpen the tip. But who would want to?
RixCanDoit you're right, I wasn't thinking, I know nobody would want to sharpen the pencil so there's no wood left. Hahaha!
Hence; A woodless pencil!
Thank you
Thanks for watching and commenting!
is it made and manufactured in japan?
Likely China.
Good Day Rix!! Thank you for this informative video. It would have been more complete, had you included some information pertaining to colored pencils for those who use them. But like you, I have no use for them. Thank you once again. Please keep um comin' Take care and GOD Bless!!
SuperSniperSal
USMC
Disabled Vet
Love your reviews ? What camera you are using in your RUclips videos ? I also make RUclips videos and thought to take your expert opinion in this regard ?
Nothing major. Just a small JVC HD camera. Think it is a G300 or something like that. And I'm no expert when it comes to cameras.
FYI: I added this comment for the benefit of those who asked about the KH20s performance with colored pencils, more specifically, 'Prismacolor.' It does work!! very well i might add on Prismacolor pencils. 'Baylee Jae offers a nine minute video showing the KH20 sharpening Prismacolor pencils. A tad bit gigglish, but she gets the point across. I hope that i have been of some help to those of you who use colored pencils.
GOD Bless you all!!
SuperSniperSal
USMC
Disabled Vet
Rix, between the KH-20 and the Helix A5/Carl Angel-5, which one should I buy?,
Well, that's a personal choice. Perhaps the question should have been, "which do you personally like the best, Rix?" Then I'd answer, "The KH-20". :-)
The intro was corny enough to be awesome.
LOL! Yeah, I can be quite the ham at times. Thanks!
What’s your current hand crank sharpener?
Every one I've reviewed. However, the one I've been using that's on my computer desk is ruclips.net/video/QUJaiWPnxO4/видео.html
@@RixCanDoit that is a very cool sharpener. Too bad it’s unavailable on Amazon now. Thanks.
You could buy a clamp online
Yes, I already have one. However, the point is that it should have come with one like other sharpeners of its kind.
Pencil sharpeners should be reinvented so the mechanism is somehow more perfect as opposed to two blade cylinders. Has to be a better way.
Always preferred the hand crank over the electric sharpener. With electric it always chewed off way too much.
Wow! Thanks! I was ready to return it...so use it with the face away from the body of the sharpener? Who would have guessed! I have been sharpener deprived 😆😆😆
LOL!
Maybe it's missing the clamp
It came with clamp.
Nvm
I yhink metal with rubber works
Rubber claw grips are better than metal alone. No bite marks.
I bought a Carl5 for my middle school classroom and after 3 weeks it is falling apart, crank comes off, the base plate popped off, and the plastic tray slides out and spills so easily...😢 Do you think this Mitsubishi is more robust? I am hoping there are no loose pieces!
@@reneekegley929 If your Carl5 fell apart after 3 weeks, I would say that nothing will be able to stand up to your middle school class! That includes the Mitsubishi. The Carl5 is metal. Mitsubishi is plastic. My Carl5 would stand up to a beating by Mike Tyson and keep on ticking. Not sure why yours fell apart. What are those kids doing to it??? ;-b
I dont believe the spring will lose its elasticity..I am sure a company as HUGE as Mitsubishi would insist on the best metals go into their products. Mitsu. is actually into iron and steels mining and forgings..they are really huge.i worked for a Japanese company all through the 90's and some years after 2000's..I learned alot about what companies did in Japan, and the rest of the world.You have to hand it to the people., That little nation kept big ole America back and forced us to drop not one but two atomic bombs.,,they are resourceful, smart , make super high quality products.Great thing they are our Allies!.I absolutely loved working for them, we all did..But back to your question, a decent spring made out of an elastic steel, like spring steel. wont lose its elasticity unless it gets how, now that will make it lose some if not all after times periods..I was a tool and die maker so I know a little bit about metallurgy..But please do if you can find any other circumstances where one did, i can help you investigate as to what kind of steel.I would love to help you find ways to teach us even more..kinda like a knowledge bartering,,lol. you sir have an awesome channel.i am going to subscribe as of right now.thanks my new friend..do holler back at me now ok..Thx!!
Thanks for the information. I'm all about learning new things and sharing it with others. So definitely, feel free to jump in where you can. Thanks for subscribing!
FYI: there are Japanese companies in China. However, there's constant protests.
Dude this is a rip off of morning glorys pencil sharpener
The equivalent of z reviews, but for pencils - The swearing
Swearing? You won't find me swearing. :-0
plastic, plastic, plastic. crap, crap, crap. Sorry give me my El Casco M-450
I have to agree with you, although I cannot deny that the overall design, except for lack of a desktop mount, is very well thought out. Which makes it all the more a shame that it’s made of plastic. If this were made in a good heavy gage metal, and had a desk/wall mount, it would be unbeatable.
I bought a Carl5 for my middle school classroom and after 3 weeks it is falling apart, crank comes off, the base plate popped off, and the plastic tray slides out and spills so easily...😢 Do you think this El Caso is more robust? I am hoping there are no loose pieces!