Learning Carpentry

What's the best way to sharpen a carpenters pencil?

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1. with a carpenter knife
2. a Razor knife
3. Use a utility knife. Makes the pencil nice and sharp!
4. With a Stanley knife. (I think they're called box cutters in America).
5. Sharp knife.
6. belt sander or disk sander
7. any knife or sandpaper you have handy.
8. With a sharp pen knife. If you need a sharp sharp tip, file it to a fine point on the sidewalk or with a file...or use a #2 pencil instead! (ps many things can be sharpened on the sidewalk or a rock in a pinch....)
9. Home Depot sells a nifty sharpener for about a $1. Is quick and easy to use.
10. Home Depot has a handy dandy contractors pencil sharpener, it's orange...about 2.00, but if you can hold on to it...it works wonders........otherwise use your utility knife.
11. utility knife works better than the funny looking sharpener that comes in a Home Depot pro pack
12. I find that a nicely sharpened pocketknife works just fine.
13. Utility knife!! ?:)z
14. There such a pencil sharpener that fits the shape of the carpenters pencil. When you buuy a package of these pencils usually you also receive a sharpener inside the package. However, the best way is still the utility knife.
15. My late husband who was a contractor, simply used to carve it with his pocket knife. I do know, however, he only did this when he could not find the sharpener sold at most hardware stores, specifically for this pencil. Try a hardware store, contractors warehouse.....................they sell a specific hand held sharpener for this.
16. If there is a best way to do it...what's the wrong way to sharpen a carpenters pencil?
17. Why can't he sharpen his own pencil?