#pencil sharpener

• Pencil sharpener — A manual, mechanical, or electrical device equipped with a fine steel blade, structurally used to shave and sharpen the graphite or charcoal point of pencils; a pencil sharpener. This utilitarian object is a staple item in school supplies, architectural offices, and artistic drawing workshops.
• Sharpener — A skilled worker whose occupation is sharpening tools, blades, or cutting instruments in a workshop; as a neuter noun, it represents a manual, mechanical, or electrical device used for tapering and finishing pencil tips or for rectifying the edge of knives and other metal pieces.