Will this sharpen colored pencils with good results?
653303
From past experiences its the sharpeners that dont cut corrently tahat break the color piece but this one is pretty accurate and leave the pencil sharp.
653304
Mine sharpened two pencils, then ceased to work. Needless to say, I was VERY disappointed!
653305
No. This is not a good sharpener. It breaks the tips off pencils frequently. You would better off with a manual sharpener
809802
Yes as long as you don't sharpen the pencil too sharp. It has to be dull to work
2273770
So far, regular and colored pencils sharpen equally well. No problems so far:)
46979
Absolutely! That is actually why I bought it. It does a great job on all pencils!
703681
Yes, it sharpens any wooden pencil as long at the diameter fits in one of the holes. Mine works great!
2033631
It will as long as the colored pencils do not have a plastic covering on the outside.
2273772
I can not answer that question. I do not allow my students to sharpen colored pencils in it. They use the individual sharpeners for them. I have heard to many times that colored pencils can tear up a pencil sharpen and I do want to take that chance. But it sharpens the heck out of a #2 pencil. :)
1932890
Yes it is, or so it says on the cutting blade. I will add that this is a very nice sharpener for artist's quality colored pencils. I couldn't say how long the blade will last as I've not had it all that long. The only downside I can think of for this sharpener is that you need something to catch the shavings in.
524224
It will NOT sharpen crayons. Try X-Acto Hand Held Crayon Sharpener. $4.50 on Amazon. There is also an electric one - just search for crayon sharpener.
1827765
Yup, it'd work with regular pencils. In fact, when sharpening Prismacolors, it's recommended to sharpen a regular pencil every so often, to clean the blade and "oil" it with graphite. So I've sharpened a regular drawing pencil in it several times. Gets graphite pencils ridiculously sharp.
637493
I believe that it will not sharpen those types of pencils but it does sharpened standard size pencils beautifully!
1407249
My son uses the blackwing pencils, which are quite soft. I guess they could be compared to colored pencils. This sharpener did a fantastic job.
902790
It will sharpen those on the biggest setting. We had a few left over from my 2nd grade twins. We used to use a exacto knife to sharpen them so they didn't get sharpened much until we got this sharpener.
1224680
Yes, I would think so. There are a variety of settings for different pencils. This is the best sharpener I have owned!
1440517
I've sharpened hundreds of colored pencils with mine, with about one in 15 getting jammed. Unjamming it takes abot 10 seconds. What happens is the lead, because it is softer than graphite breaks off, preventing the next pecil from sharpening properly. Removal of the tip takes about 10 secods total.
2033627
It does work on colored pencils but when the lead breaks off as you are sharpening, you have to shake it out otherwise it jams. I haven't had any problems.
481132
Nope, any regular quality sharpener will work fine. The long point sharpener is pretty cool but there is a 2 step process.