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  1. Jan 24, 2026, 10:27 AM #1
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    Antique pencil sharpener - GIF

    Antique pencil sharpener.




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  2. Jan 25, 2026, 09:54 AM #2
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    If this was is schools, I hope there would have been a guard to keep little fingers away.
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  3. Jan 25, 2026, 02:27 PM #3
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    It was in the schools like this. They put a guard on the next version after all the all the kids who got the nickname "Stubby" using this one.
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    But it says "Automatic" on it...? Must be the manual version of the automatic pencil sharpener!



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