Derwent Pastel Pencil Sharpener

Works well for my charcoal and pastel pencils.

It fits the Conté a Paris pastel pencils (Crayon pastel), and it sharpens them well.

It's good for charcoal pencils even though its not a long lead.

Really does what it says - sharpens your charcoal and pastel pencils with much less breakage than standard sharpeners. I never liked working with these types of pencils because I prefer the sharp points achievable with graphite and colored pencils, in order to render fine details. Now I will revisit my choice, and start working again especially with pastel pencils. You won't get the same degree of sharpness as with graphite or colored pencils, but you'll get a lot closer than with standard sharpeners. As far as breakage, that hasn't been a problem with my pastel pencils, but it is a little tricky with extra-soft charcoal pencils (not medium however). So, you may have to back off when the point is "sharp enough", and not go for an ultra-sharp point. As for the value for the money, it's true that the price seems too high for a little piece of plastic. But if it is the only way to get the sharpness you want, then it's worth it.

I gave it three stars because: it doesn't really "sharpen" your pencils (pastels/charcoal.) It just shaves some of the wood away from the core. It's very small and looks like an elementary school sharpener. It's extrememly expensive for what it is. It actually hurts my hands while sharpening (I have arthritis and tendonitis.) I purchased it because of the brand name and I had to have something to sharpen the pencils. 3 stars for the fact that it is sharp enough to shave away the wood & core because my colored pencil sharpener just breaks the medium off. Not very good value for what it costs, though.

I have tried just about every sharpener on the market to sharpen my pastel pencils....they all chewed up the wood and broke the delicate pastel core. I thought the only option was to use an Xacto knife and sandpaper. AND I certainly didn't think this simple inexpensive sharpener would be any better than the rest. SURPRISE SURPRISE ! This little sharpener is wonderful ! I've bought several for myself and another artist friend. This sharpener is worth twice the price....maybe we shouldn't tell the manufacturer since they might increase the price!! LOL !

this is a horrible sharpener, it brakes more the pencils than sharpen

That is my favorite pastel pencil sharpener. It is very gentle but sharpens to a nice point. The size is small, so you really need to put this somewhere it can't get lost. It works really well for charcoal pencils as well.

Het kan aan mij liggen ik vond deze persoonlijk niet fijn slijpen.

Esta bien.

Great sharpener. Hard to find a sharpener for pastel and conte pencils, this sharpens 100% conte pencils and about 60% of Derwent pastel pencils. Worked on Carbothello as well.

Finalmente un temperamatite adatto a pastelli e carboncini. La punta viene molto sottile ma bisogna temperare con delicatezza.Consigliato

formidable meme pour tailler les pastel