Replaced by this less-breakable, excellent quality pencil sharpener from Faber-Castell!

Imported from Germany, this nifty little sharpener does double duty. One opening is for harder leads, like your #2 pencil or the Prismacolor Verithin. The other opening is specially designed for professional color pencils with their softer leads, like any of the other Prismacolor sets. The Color Combi's razor-sharp, ultra-hard, high-carbon steel blade is curved, not flat. As it is cutting the pencil, it weaves slightly up and down, dynamically adapting to the fibrous structure of the wood instead of ripping straight through it. The cutting friction is reduced; therefore the pencil is easier to turn. In order to reduce wobble while turning the pencil, the sharpening hole is prolonged by an extra sleeve just forward of the inner cone. While the pencil is turning, that sleeve holds the outer pencil case, adding to the support provided by the cone-shaped part of the hole. This is a superb sharpener for any of the Prismacolor line of pencils. Colors vary.