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Mechanical Pencil Sharpener Gallery
 ~ 1910-1919 ~

Model, Year, Maker	Click Image to Enlarge
Pencil Sharpener Patented 1901-1910 Mayo & Co.  Chicago, IL
Littlejohn Pencil Sharpener Patented 1903 ~ Advertised 1910 Hi-Lo Desk Co. (sole selling agent) New York, NY
Premier Pencil Sharpener (a.k.a. Knife Blade Automatic) Patented 1910 ~ Advertised 1913 (Knife Blade) W. S. Beebe & Co., New Haven, CT. (Premier) National Specialty Sales Co., New Haven, CT (Knife Blade) We have found no advertisement for the Premier. However, we have found one advertisement for a Knife Blade Automatic (System, Sept. 1913.) The Knife Blade pictured in the ad is identical to the Premier except that at the bottom instead of a clamp there is a base that stands on a desk. The ad states: "Where it is desired to have it portable, an enamelled stand is provided for fifty cents additional." Without the stand, the Knife Blade was $3.
Right Pencil Sharpener Patented 1909 (Germany), 1910 & 1912 (UK), 1913 (US) ~ Advertised 1910-13 Everett Specialty Co. New York, NY
Quail Pencil Sharpener Advertised in US 1910-12 M. Erlebach Frankfurt, Germany Photograph top right, courtesy of The Gemmary, shows model with circular cutter with six blades. Stamp below and 1910 ad bottom right show model with disk milling cutter.
Roneo Pencil Sharpener Patented 1910 (UK), 1913 (US) ~ Advertised 1910-13 Roneo Co.  New York, NY
Peerless Whittler Style A (two blades) Introduced 1910 ~ Advertised 1911 Peerless Whittler Co., New York, NY (1910) The Burke Mfg. Co., Syracuse, NY (1911)
Peerless Whittler Style B (three blades) Patented 1910 (Germany & UK, by Peerless Whittler Co. of New York)  ~  Advertised 1911-13 The Burke Mfg. Co., Syracuse, NY (1911) W. M. Welch Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL (1912-13)
Faber No. 5060 Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1911 (Germany) Johann Faber Germany
Pencil Sharpener
Rapid Pencil Sharpener Top machine: Advertised 1911 Middle and bottom machine: Patented 1913 (Germany, by C. Spiro Mfg. Co., New York)  ~  Advertised 1912-13 C. Spiro Mfg. Co. New York, NY Middle photograph courtesy of Howard Levin
Roneo No. 2 Pencil Sharpener Patented 1913 ~ Advertised 1911-12 Roneo Co. New York, NY
Roneo No. 6 Pencil Sharpener Patented 1913 ~ Advertised 1912-13 Roneo Co. New York, NY and London, England
Boston Pencil Pointer Patented 1910 ~ Advertised 1912-13 Boston Pencil Pointer Co. Boston, MA and New York, NY Machine lists a 1901 patent, but no machines were produced by Boston before this one.
Climax Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1912-14 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. (APSCO) Chicago, IL APSCO lists 1900-06 patents on this and many of its other machines; those patents were purchased from the Olcotts.
Jumbo Pencil Sharpener Patented 1911-14 ~ Advertised 1912-14 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Atlas Pencil Sharpener Patented 1911-14 ~ Advertised 1912-14 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
L. E. B. Draw-Cut Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1912-13 Cushman & Denison Mfg. Co. New York, NY
Courant No. 9 Pencil Sharpener Patented 1912-13 ~ Advertised 1925-39 Eugen Courant Germany Early Courants are made of steel while late ones are made of aluminum, according to www.spitzmaschine.de.  The Stolzenburg pencil sharpener is similar or identical.	Courant No. 9 Stolzenberg
Courant No. 5 Pencil Sharpener Patented 1912-13 ~ Advertised 1925-37 Eugen Courant Germany Courants were produced in several other slightly different shapes,  and were probably marketed with other brand names, such as Koh-I-Noor	Courant No. 5 Koh-I-Noor
Boston Model B Pencil Pointer Advertised 1913-26 Boston Specialty Corp. New York, NY
Duplex Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1913 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Victor Pencil Sharpener Patented 1913 ~ Advertised 1913 Roneo Co. New York, NY
Louis Myers Pencil Sharpener Patented 1912 ~ Advertised 1913 Mechanical Products Co. Brooklyn, NY
New Era Pencil Sharpener Patented 1913 (Germany & UK, by B. O. Fanslow, New York), 1916 (US) ~ Advertised 1913-15 New Era Mfg. Co. New York, NY
Climax No. 2 Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1913-36 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL There is also a machine labeled Climax No. 1. The Climax No. 3 was advertised 1937-38
Courant Pencil Sharpener Patented 1914 (UK) ~ Advertised 1914 (US) Eugen Courant Germany
Bilt-Rite Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914 Porter-Cable Machine Co. Syracuse, NY Photograph courtesy of The Porter-Cable Collector
Ballou Pencil Pointer Patented 1905 ~ Advertised 1914-15 Ballou Mfg. Corp. New York, NY
Boston Model F Pencil Pointer Advertised 1914-15 Boston Specialty Corp. New York, NY
Stewart Pencil Sharpener Patented 1915 ~ Advertised 1914-15 J. K. Stewart Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL 1915 Price $2 The 1915 model in the photo to the right has an adapter that can be positioned in front of the aperture for use in sharpening thin pencils.  The machine was marketed in 1914 without this adapter.
Junior Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914-15 J. K. Stewart Mfg. Co. Chicago, IL
Penny Pencil Sharpener Penny Pencil Sharpener Co. Pittsburgh, PA This is a coin-operated Stewart Pencil Sharpener with self-feeder, mounted on a coin-box.
Dexter Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914 onward for many years (at least until 1936) with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Wizard Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914 onward for many years with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Junior Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914 onward for many years with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Matador No. 2 Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1914 in Germany Germany Image courtesy of www.spitzmaschine.de. An earlier Matador model was introduced c. 1910-1912.
Avanti Pencil Sharpener Patented 1909 & 1917 (Germany), 1910 & 1912 (UK), 1913-1915 & 1926 (US)  ~ Advertised 1914-39 with variations (Germany) Avanti Dresden, Germany The 1909 (Germany), 1910 & 1912 (UK), and 1913 (US) patents are the same as those for the Right Pencil Sharpener, which had the same inventor. Many machines with this cutting system were produced in Germany and elsewhere on the European continent in the 1920s-1960s. The two Avanti pencil sharpeners to the right have different labels.
Automatic True Point No. 3419 Pencil Sharpener Germany
Dandy Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1915 onward for many years (at least until 1936) with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Dollar Boston Pencil Pointer Advertised 1915-17 Boston Specialty Corp. New York, NY 1915 Price $1 (postpaid) "The price permits one in the home."
Chicago Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1915 onward for many years (at least until 1936) with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Chicago Giant Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1915 onward for many years (at least until 1936) with model changes Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Ideal Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1915-28 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Chicago, IL
Kon Kave Kut Pencil Sharpener (a.k.a. Triangle Pencil Pointer) Patented 1914 (UK), 1916 (US) ~ Advertised 1915-16 (Kon Kave Kut), 1927 (Triangle) Traut & Hine Mfg. Co., New Britain, CT (1915-16) Shavings receptacle and celluloid cutter housing not shown in top photo. Triangle	Kon Kave Kut Triangle
Roneo Pencil Sharpener Roneo Co. London, England Photograph courtesy of Robert Ennor
Koh-I-Noor Pencil Sharpener Advertised 1915 L. & C. Hardtmuth Co., New York, NY, and Budweis, Austria (now Czech Republic)
Pencil Sharpener
K & M Pencil Sharpener US

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