Regarding the X-Acto Ranger KS 1031 pencil sharpener, my older pencil sharpener has much, much thicker & stronger steel. This junk bucket is so thin that I've already dented it by simply grasping to remove the shavings. Even the little foldy-over tabs holding the ends on came open. Oy! What A Mess! The base seems sturdy enough however. It's die-cast white metal, so it'll break sooner or later, but there is a ten year warranty on the device (and it's quite inexpensive).---------

The rotating dial is still sturdy and easy to grasp. It stays locked in position well & there are lots of choices.-------

Another oddity is that, when wall mounted with the bottom of the bucket facing the wall (for more desk space), the bucket has to be rotated upwards to remove, this a mess is coming! My other one can be rotated down, so the swarf stays in the bucket. Next time that the holdy-on-y tabs fold themselves open & the bucket falls apart, I'll take the opportunity to cut a pair of notches so mine can come off without spilling. --------------

The cutters are great- Despite the rust. The Amazon driver delivered this during a rainstorm. As opposed to walking up one (one!) step to put it under the HUGE overhang or- heaven forbid- on the actual porch- or ring the door bell so we know it's arrived. (Or in a plastic bag. Geez! Even the post office bags & rings.) So, it got drenched and the cutters got rusty. This tough little guy still cuts cleanly and neatly. ---------

Would I buy another one? Maybe. The junk thin metal and pop-open holding tabs are too chintzy for my discerning tastes, but the price & cutting action are nice!
PS: Sorry for the goofy dashed line sentence separators. I've never figured out how to make paragraphs in an Amazon review to make it easier to read.

I have this to say: life is too short for shoddily manufactured pencils. Even the best pencil sharpener cannot redeem them. Sometimes one of those plastic-coated nightmares will come into our lives and give the children fits, despite their love for the shrink-wrapped graphics and the thrill that they won something, in their little hand-turning sharpeners. How do they make the lead break right when it's finally sharp? When the pencil is a fraction of it's original length, the child has settled for a flat-top lead that wobbles just a little. Or how about those pencils (do they still make these?) made of some kind of sawdust composite? Sharpening is not an issue but writing with one is like trying to push around a rubber rock. You'd have more luck trying to communicate with a burned match than with the ones where you can tell a light and dark half of the wood. I think they cut the shafts (or at least half the shaft) against the grain. People. Poorly made pencils are at every turn. You cannot swing a dead cat in today's classrooms without hitting one. If one of these little abominations makes it way into your pencil sharpener, do not damn the poor machine.

Ahem. I'm very satisfied with this pencil sharpener. We gathered up all our pencils in need of sharpening, including the colored pencils, totaling more than 100 pencils in all, and gave them each a turn. The size selector was easy to work: you hold the tab against the face of the sharpener and turn to the appropriate size. All of the pencils sharpened smoothly, taking each about six cranks from dull to sharp. None of the leads broke and none sharpened off kilter (if the selected hole is larger than your pencil needs, this will almost certainly happen). A couple of them were the fatties like "My First Ticonderoga", a most excellent make of pencil in any model; one was a "Smencil", which is made of tightly wrapped paper; several were drawing pencils with soft lead grades like 4B and 6B. No problems. Even the plastic-shrink-wrapped "Minion" pencil received a stable, sharp point after only six turns. Maybe miracles do happen. We had no lower grade pencils to test, because they have been banished from the house like so many foreign gods.

After these successes, I decided to try my pastel chalks in pencil form. The wood sharpened fine but the chalks--no surprise--were too delicate and broke. I decided not to try the charcoal pencils. I don't think I'd try make-up pencils, either.

Now, the shiny metal part that catches the shavings is easy to take off and put back on but is thin. I don't see where this is a drawback. I'll not calling it flimsy, because it holds together and does the job. I'm not looking for an iron-clad shaving catcher to cast in my next action motion picture, clanking in my backpack while I hang from a sheer rock face. I can imagine the thing could be smooshed by a careless foot in a series of slapstick accidents, but I'm not going to waste my life living in fear of that moment, because this thing cost $10.48 plus tax, and because slapstick accidents are usually entertaining. I confidently recommend the X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031).

I like this pencil sharpener it was like the ones we had when I was in school. This is a very nice product.
It sharpens great. Looks cool.

This pencil sharpener is just like the ones I used in school as a kid. Yes, back in the days of green chalk boards and actually using pencils. I use pencils in the shop all the time and I was tired of dull and broken lead in them. The battery operated ones are junk and I like to keep things simple. This manually operated sharpener ticked all the boxes. Durable, inexpensive and effective. A no nonsense machine for a no nonsense person. ðŸ‘

I got tired of those crappy hand held sharpeners that I had been using when in my workshop, they seemed to break off the point more often than making one. Enter the ð—«-ð—”ð—–ð—§ð—¢ ðŸ­ðŸ¬ðŸ¯ðŸ­ ð—žð—¦ ð— ð—®ð—»ð˜‚ð—®ð—¹ ð—–ð—¹ð—®ð˜€ð˜€ð—¿ð—¼ð—¼ð—º ð—£ð—²ð—»ð—°ð—¶ð—¹ ð—¦ð—µð—®ð—¿ð—½ð—²ð—»ð—²ð—¿. This little sharpener does a great job at sharpening a pencil (adjustable sizes) to a fine point. The only con I have is the mounting holes are very small and to more easily drill the pilot holes and fasten the screws I had to dissasemble the whole sharpener. (easy, one nut removal) That way you can have an easy straight shot with a long (ish) phillips head screwdriver rather than coming in at an angle and risk stripping the small head of the screw.....easy peasy. Brought back grade school memories "Johnny, sit down and quit sharpening your pencil so much". L0L