TSUNAGO Pencil Sharpener Set
TSUNAGO鉛筆けずりセット
£30.00 per item
A sustainable pencil sharpener produced in Osaka, that enables the user to combine small unusable pencil stubs into longer pencils, giving them a new lease of life.
This inventive pencil sharpener can be used to prolong the life span of unusable pencil stubs that have become too small, by connecting them to form a longer pencil.
The tool has three sharpeners to assist in shaping two pencils so that they fit into one another. The first creates a recess in the rear of the short pencil, the second carves the wooden part of the protrusion on the tip of the longer pencil, and the third cleans up the carving so that the pencils can connect smoothly.
This ingenious design was awarded the prestigious Good Design Award in 2015 for its focus on promoting sustainability through the action of reusing pencil stubs that are otherwise useless.
Children should use this product under supervision of an adult. Store out of the reach of small children.
Optimal lengths of pencils are around 18cm, avoid joining two long pencils as it can be too long to use.
Some very short pencils will be too short to join.
TSUNAGO is mainly suited for use joining hexagonal and round pencils with a diameter of 7 mm to 8 mm.
The core diameter must be less than 3 mm.
This product cannot be used with pencils which incorporate metal, resin, rubber or other materials and paper-based pencils.
Do not dismantle this product under any circumstances as the parts are sharp.
Seal joined pencils with a woodwork adhesive.
Size : φ5× 7cm
Kansai
The Kansai region includes the second-most populated metropolitan area in Japan with its largest city Osaka. Kyoto and Nara, two of Japan’s former capital cities, are home to important temples and shrines and strongholds of intangible cultural heritage, such as the Kyoto textile weaving skills of Nishijin.
