If you think artisanal pencil sharpening is a joke, you’re missing the point. David Rees, a cartoonist, humor writer and self-crowned pencil sharpening artisan, is on a mission to educate America with ...

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The event promised a tutorial on pencil-sharpening techniques both novel and advanced, and that’s what the audience got. “This,” said London, pointing at the apron, “says baking cookies.” “It’s my ...

“How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening” (Melville House, $19.95), by David Rees, is not your average book about pencil sharpening. In ...

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You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. During the past decade, David Rees established himself as one of our foremost political cartoonists, ...

Would you pay twelve dollars to get your pencil sharpened? Hand-sharpened, admittedly; lovingly so, and it comes posted back (including overseas) with a certificate ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. April 5, 2017 Add as a ...

Someone just paid David Rees, of Beacon, N.Y., $35 to sharpen a pencil. "I think people think: 'Wow, I can't believe he actually did it,'" Rees said. "I wasn't sure what would happen when I sent this ...

David Rees, comedian and creator of the much loved Get Your War On cartoons in Rolling Stone, is out with a new book, How to Sharpen Pencils. It is both a manifesto and fully illustrated guide to the ...