Uni KH-20 Long Point Pencil Sharpener Review
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2022
- This is a review of the Uni KN-20 pencil sharpener ( amzn.to/3aRKaG6 ). I enjoy it but I prefer and recommend the Carl Angel-5 ( amzn.to/3ogeZYn ). I said "Carl Angle" at some point in the video, apologies there - it's definitely Angel.
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I prefer pencil sharpeners that are attached to the desk and without the auto-feed mechanism. I like to be able to control the feed.
Longer tips ideal for drawing
I like the Carl Angel 5 because it's compact, sturdy, and no-nonsense. It really does get the job done even if it does leave marks on the pencil. I'm very disappointed in how much plastic is inside this Mitsubishi.
I have a Japanese Colleen pencil sharpener my mom bought me back in the 70s and that seems to be more stable than this because like the Carl, it's mostly metal and all the pieces fit well. One thing to note is that those rubber rings that keep the pencil in place do eventually fail. It looks to be similar to how my old one is, and mine hardened, cracked, then eventually fell apart.
It's a shame they didn't include something to keep that sharpener held down. The Carl had a clamp. However, another sharpener, the Afmat didn't come with one either even though a hole is there for one. What's going on?
I just got this and I love it. If they made one made from all metal I’d buy it though.
The consistency between all the finished pencils is really good, nice clean collars (none of that chipped up look as found in many handheld mini sharpeners) with really fine tips (really appreciated when you use hard graphite when you want to do detailed rendering drawings). And as you said, no need for metal housing and parts if all this is going to be used for is personal desk use. I imagine in a classroom though obviously, students would tear this thing to pieces eventually. Also really smart not having metal teeth that ruin the look of pencils. Though that lack of a clamp is a bit weird, but maybe not so weird if your desk isn't so big which would take up space or be in the way.
Only problem I see personally, is that wobble seems kinda annoying. I'm guessing that amount of play is required to have the mechanism actuate properly every time you start sharpening?
Yeah, some degree of wobble seems to be necessary to get the sharpener to trigger, but this is excessive. I think it's common with a plastic to metal connection though. Reference: my Caran d'Ache sharpener works well and has about 3mm of play.
@@unsharpen It's weird now that I think about it.. Plastic parts which are far less demanding to make compared to the tool cost/waste of delivering such a thing in metal.. Almost always seem to have worse tolerances than all-metal things. I would have thought since plastic is much less demanding from a "shaping" perspective, we as consumers would get back something in the form of "more precision" on average compared to metal (which costs more time and tooling to get into very precise tolerances). And you're right about the latter thing you said as well. Anytime there's metal to plastic interfacing, this issue seems to be more ever-present for some reason. It's like the metal and plastic parts are designed by two different teams.
hey. I was just wondering if you've ever checked out the platinum pro-use 171 mechanical pencil?
Yes I have one. It’s nice but not very distinctive
@@unsharpen I see, I see. thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
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Ha fair. Seems like people don’t like pencil content so there won’t be too much of it coming
@@unsharpen I like it~ A lot of the wood-bodied pencil users are focused on graphite art channels whereas manufacture quality and writing experience seem more like your channel's focus, so a video on pencil sharpener quality is pretty useful/on-brand. If anyone's reading don't get a Dhale lol.
I don't use pencils, but I love the art of sharpening.
Love your reviews! The best, concise on the net, and I've seen plenty.
I went back and watched your review of the Carl Angel 5 and I have no idea why you prefer that one over this. It is clumsy, noisy and chews up the pencil. If I were to buy a sharpener, this is the one I would choose.
Yea fair point but I’m 2 years in with the CA5 and have sharpened many, many pencils with it. It’s not as good on paper but it’s quite good in practice.