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I wanted to emphasize the coloured shavings produced by a Lee Valley pencil sharpener, but couldn't get enough shavings from the coloured leads so I replaced them with lemon rind.

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Groove probably used to sharpen adzes

Snapshots & Sharpeners: Oil Paintings by Robert Cantor

This one can! :D

drawing for simone most likely

Knife sharpener for hire.

Staedtler Pencil Sharpener, compact deconstruction

it's a knife sharpener i found in my mum's friends house.

One of several closeups showing different sharpening results/

9th Annual Farm Fun Day - May 01, 2011

And, momentarily, Derry's hat.

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My trusty Wüsthof Trident sharpener has seen a lot of Japanese steel in its days.

I ask you, why would ducks need boats? Don't they float pretty well already?

More at www.bobcantor.com/

I did a new style of post-processing here. I'm trying to explore other kinds of style aside from my usual kind of post-processing.

So what do you think? Is this better??

Studio lights, taken with Pentax K20D, 50mm lens, ISO 100, 1/125 sec, f/5.6

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Santa bought this about four years ago.

At the reception for "Snapshots and Sharpeners" by Robert Cantor at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, Maryland.

More about Bob's work at: www.bobcantor.com/

olie/canvasboard, 9 x 12 cm (3.5" x 4.7")

www.thereadyproject.com/ 4. Keep Your Blade Sharp – A blade can be your best friend. Use the Gator machete to defend yourself, a zombies head is its weakness.5. Beware of Dark Areas – Use the self charged flashlight or the glow stick to secure the area.6. Shelter – Zombies are enough to worry about, have a place to rest.

Just another sharpener..

Observational pencil sketch

This is packed with sand (I cut a close-weave lining fabric to avoid leakage of grains) so that it can be used sharpen and de-rust old pins and needles. Or not. Still looking for vintage beads to replace these opalescent-headed pins.

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A pencil sharpener, a cardinal decorative plate to hang -especially appropriate as the Cardinals won the Series! - and a lovely book "Bird Life in Wington - Practical Parables for Young People" by John Calvin Reid, illustrated by Reynold H. Weidenaar. Copyright 1951.

For just 3 euros he can sharpen your knifes. He's the last "sharpener" in Carcavelos. His profession is getting to and end.

A promotional pencil for Matt Kindt's MIND MGMT #1. I love a great pencil and anything to do with secret codes and messages.

Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum. Space Shuttle and rocket themed novelty pencil sharpeners.

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Merchant uses a spinning wheel to sharpen knives at Parry's neighborhood, Chennai, India