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1970s · school supplies

Vintage pencil sharpener

A hand-crank pencil sharpener bolted to the classroom wall, cranked by hand until a perfect point (or a very short pencil) came out the other side.

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Apsco vintage crank pencil sharpener

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70s
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school supplies

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