Are you able to use sharpeners even electric during the actual sections? Or do you have to wait for breaks? I recently beat mine to it's death... became so angry and just couldn't take it anymore. I took a unhung chalkboard to that little bastard.
... out the Palomino Long Point sharpener. I have it, it's ... .com/Palomino-820933120053-Blackwing-Point-Sharpener/dp/B009EUH8UC/ref=sr_1_1?ie ... =8-1&keywords=palomino+sharpener
:-) @nicole.hopkins , I got them from office depot they come with their own sharpener. the fatness is a positive to me. I wish they were a little darker though. So which pencils would you recommend ?