New business idea

[Nuno]

This seems a winner:

http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/

Send your pencil away to get sharpened by an "artisan pencil sharpener". Only $35 with a 6 week turnaround. Pencils can also be provided.

I wonder if I could franchise the business throughout the UK? Does it tick all the right boxes or is it pointless?

 

[garyk]

Sounds amazing, there must be 100s, no 1000s of eager punters all waiting to have their pencils sharpened

 

[kulture]

He even has a book out, which has attracted a lot of reviews and is a fairly good seller on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/How-Sharpen-P...actors/dp/1612193269/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

[Steve Sellers]

Only a sad stupid loser would buy a sharpened pencil, Im guessing thats why its aimed at Americans and not the English....

 

[simon field]

Come on Steve that's a tad harsh, you're missing the point.

If I see anyone in my workshop just sharpening a pencil 'willy-nilly' with a Stanley knife, well, that sort of careless attitude is going to incur my wrath.

And that's putting it bluntly.

On a more worrying note, WTF has Nuno been googling....

 

[Nuno]

On a more worrying note, WTF has Nuno been googling....

Sorry, very dull. Economics blog.

Which isn't all serious. Check out hotels here. Number two is my fave. (Link via the top one)

 

[KM-Tiger]

... aimed at Americans and not the English....

The Americans are strange with pencils, it's the only country I know where you can buy pencil extenders - it's a handle that you add on to the stub when it gets too short to hold. I've still got one that was given to me by an American visitor back in the last century.

But wouldn't "Put more lead in your pencil" be a better selling point?

 

[vvaannmmaann]

"Put more graphite in your pencil" surely?

 

[estwig]

I hear sharpened pencils are popular with constipated mathematicians, they use them to work the problem out!!!



I'll get my coat!!

 

[nopasara]

I hope you know, a sharpened pencil is one of the most dangerous weapons out there. With a good hardness and proper sharpening it can pierce any part of your body with maybe one exception - the skull. And there are parts of your skull which are easily penetrable by a pencil. So... yea. Sharpen them!

 

[Nuno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzcOCyHDqc

 

[puffCutie]

May I know the difference between his way of sharpening these pencils from ordinary sharpeners?

 

[Nuno]

May I know the difference between his way of sharpening these pencils from ordinary sharpeners?

The special ingredient, available to a select few, worldwide, is chutzpah. It makes many extraordinary things possible.

(Funnily enough I have some spare if you want to make me an offer...)