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title: "KS Manual Pencil Sharpener, Mountable, Metal, 1 Count - Classroom, Teacher Supplies, Adjustable for 8 Pencil Sizes"
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# Commercial-grade durable alloy steel Dual helical cutters for precision Adjustable for 8 pencil sizes KS Manual Pencil Sharpener, Mountable, Metal, 1 Count - Classroom, Teacher Supplies, Adjustable for 8 Pencil Sizes

**Brand:** x-acto
**Price:** E£ 2756
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✏️ Sharpen your edge, sharpen your day.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** KS Manual Pencil Sharpener, Mountable, Metal, 1 Count - Classroom, Teacher Supplies, Adjustable for 8 Pencil Sizes by x-acto
- **How much does it cost?** E£ 2756 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.eg](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/1661604-ks-manual-pencil-sharpener-mountable-metal-1-count-classroom-teacher)

## Best For

- x-acto enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted x-acto brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Flexible Mounting Options:** Mount on wall, desk, or table with included screws to save space and keep your workspace sleek and organized.
- • **Effortless Manual Operation:** Smooth, easy-to-turn handle designed for quick sharpening by professionals and kids alike—no batteries required.
- • **Versatile Size Compatibility:** Easily adjusts to sharpen 8 different pencil sizes, from standard to jumbo, ensuring no pencil is left behind.
- • **Built to Endure High Volume Use:** Commercial-grade alloy steel construction stands up to heavy daily use in busy offices and classrooms.
- • **Precision Sharpening Every Time:** Dual hardened helical cutters deliver consistently fine, sharp pencil points for flawless writing and drawing.

## Overview

The X-ACTO KS Manual Pencil Sharpener is a commercial-grade, durable sharpening solution featuring dual helical cutters for precision points. Adjustable to fit 8 pencil sizes and mountable on multiple surfaces, it’s engineered for high-volume environments like offices and classrooms. Its smooth manual operation makes it reliable and easy to use, ensuring perfectly sharpened pencils every time.

## Description

Engineered for everyday dependability, the X-ACTO KS Manual Pencil Sharpener is built to meet the demands of high-volume environments. The classic classroom sharpener, the X-ACTO KS Manual utilizes dual hardened helical cutters to efficiently sharpen pencils to fine point tips.

Review: Best pencil sharpener! - Our pencil sharpeners get a lot of use and after our last one quit working I realized I needed something more durable. I chose this one and am so glad I did! It is much more reliable and I love that we can sharpen different size pencils as well. It is very sturdy and always end up with perfectly sharpened pencils.
Review: A fine sharpener. - I have this to say: life is too short for shoddily manufactured pencils. Even the best pencil sharpener cannot redeem them. Sometimes one of those plastic-coated nightmares will come into our lives and give the children fits, despite their love for the shrink-wrapped graphics and the thrill that they won something, in their little hand-turning sharpeners. How do they make the lead break right when it's finally sharp? When the pencil is a fraction of it's original length, the child has settled for a flat-top lead that wobbles just a little. Or how about those pencils (do they still make these?) made of some kind of sawdust composite? Sharpening is not an issue but writing with one is like trying to push around a rubber rock. You'd have more luck trying to communicate with a burned match than with the ones where you can tell a light and dark half of the wood. I think they cut the shafts (or at least half the shaft) against the grain. People. Poorly made pencils are at every turn. You cannot swing a dead cat in today's classrooms without hitting one. If one of these little abominations makes it way into your pencil sharpener, do not damn the poor machine. Ahem. I'm very satisfied with this pencil sharpener. We gathered up all our pencils in need of sharpening, including the colored pencils, totaling more than 100 pencils in all, and gave them each a turn. The size selector was easy to work: you hold the tab against the face of the sharpener and turn to the appropriate size. All of the pencils sharpened smoothly, taking each about six cranks from dull to sharp. None of the leads broke and none sharpened off kilter (if the selected hole is larger than your pencil needs, this will almost certainly happen). A couple of them were the fatties like "My First Ticonderoga", a most excellent make of pencil in any model; one was a "Smencil", which is made of tightly wrapped paper; several were drawing pencils with soft lead grades like 4B and 6B. No problems. Even the plastic-shrink-wrapped "Minion" pencil received a stable, sharp point after only six turns. Maybe miracles do happen. We had no lower grade pencils to test, because they have been banished from the house like so many foreign gods. After these successes, I decided to try my pastel chalks in pencil form. The wood sharpened fine but the chalks--no surprise--were too delicate and broke. I decided not to try the charcoal pencils. I don't think I'd try make-up pencils, either. Now, the shiny metal part that catches the shavings is easy to take off and put back on but is thin. I don't see where this is a drawback. I'll not calling it flimsy, because it holds together and does the job. I'm not looking for an iron-clad shaving catcher to cast in my next action motion picture, clanking in my backpack while I hang from a sheer rock face. I can imagine the thing could be smooshed by a careless foot in a series of slapstick accidents, but I'm not going to waste my life living in fear of that moment, because this thing cost $10.48 plus tax, and because slapstick accidents are usually entertaining. I confidently recommend the X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031).

## Features

- Commercial grade pencil sharpener for high volume environments
- Dual helical cutters sharpen pencils with precision
- Mountable on wall, desk, or table with the included screws
- Adjustable to accommodate 8 pencil sizes
- Manual operation is easy for school children to use

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00006IEDY |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,991 in Office Products ( See Top 100 in Office Products ) #25 in Pencil Sharpeners |
| Brand | X-Acto |
| Color | Silver/Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (29,259) |
| Date First Available | June 6, 2007 |
| Grip Type | smooth |
| Ink Color | Black/Silver |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 10.4 ounces |
| Item model number | EPI1031 |
| Line Size | 0.3mm |
| Manufacturer | Elmers |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 1031 |
| Material Type | Alloy Steel |
| National Stock Number | 7520-00-162-6178 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Point Type | Fine |
| Product Dimensions | 4.75 x 2.75 x 4.25 inches |
| Shape | Other |
| Size | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** X-Acto
- **Color:** Silver/Black
- **Material:** Alloy Steel
- **Power Source:** Manual
- **Specific Uses For Product:** Pencil

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does it have one or two rollers (the spiral sharpeners)?**
A: It has two spiral rollers.

**Q: Is it possible to mount this vertically?**
A: I know this question was asked almost 10 years ago, but I must get this off my chest, lol!  You can mount the base on a tabletop, on a wall, or under a tabletop.  I would never mount it under a table, because I would be afraid of hitting my knuckles on the underside of the table.  Plus, you can't see what you're doing.  Whichever way you mount the base, you should always make sure your screws don't poke through the other side of the mounting surface, and you should always put the metal cover over it so that the "longish part" points downward.  

That way, the cover can hold more shavings before you'll need to empty it. People mount it so that the longish part points backward toward the wall, and that's not right.  The shavings always fall.  Back in the 1960s and 70s, we learned about how this fancy thing called GRAVITY works.  

Maybe they don't teach that in schools anymore.  Or maybe gravity was a new thing for us in the 60s and so we had to learn all about it!  Well, one thing is for certain:  If the unit fills up too much, then the shavings will become compacted inside and could interfere with proper operation.  And they'll be messier to remove.  I suggest a family rule:  Once all the kids are old enough to handle this, the FIRST PERSON to use the pencil sharpener each day must empty it.  Yes, into the trash basket that you've strategically placed on the floor beneath it.  With a liner in the basket.  That way it never fills up and doesn't make a big mess when you need to take out the garbage!

When I was a kid, we had the best one ever made, I think it was boston or bostitch, or something like that.  It LOOKED like this one, but that one was very very sturdy, like a '68 Chevy.  This one appears to be made of thin sheet metal.  And the cutting spirals (people call them rollers; whatever) never wore out or needed to be sharpened.

**Q: Is this made in USA??**
A: No, but the quality of the sharpening is excellent. The size guide is a bit flimsy though. However, since I only use ONE size pencil, the size guide is superfluous. Note that MANY things come from China are excellent. for example, Laowa camera lenses. The Sony SEL200600G zoom. I have both. And there are excellent quality Made In China Seiko watches. However, there IS a lot of trash coming from China too. China is the corner-cutter of the World! It should be recognized that location of manufacture does NOT mean better quality. There are a lot of trash products Made In USA too.

**Q: What is the material it's made of like? A couple reviewers said flimsy metal, another said chrome-plated plastic. I'm confused!**
A: I was surprised at how *substantial* the box felt when it arrived (it was only about $12 after all...).  I think that stainless steel is a combination of iron and tin and the hollow body of this contraption feels more like stainless steel than that of a tin can and it is shinier than a tin can also and perhaps more thick.  I read the previous three answers and if not all, many of them spoke of the cast mounting base -- that feels like an iron skillet and is quite heavy.  You will not be able to mount this lovely cutting machine onto a hollow door.  Get it!  You will probably be at the least happy with it or as me, surprised by how good it is given the price and how many of these things have not seemed to have made it into the new millennium with its 1950's and 1960's integrity in tact.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best pencil sharpener!
*by J***P on December 25, 2025*

Our pencil sharpeners get a lot of use and after our last one quit working I realized I needed something more durable. I chose this one and am so glad I did! It is much more reliable and I love that we can sharpen different size pencils as well. It is very sturdy and always end up with perfectly sharpened pencils.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fine sharpener.
*by A***I on August 23, 2015*

I have this to say: life is too short for shoddily manufactured pencils. Even the best pencil sharpener cannot redeem them. Sometimes one of those plastic-coated nightmares will come into our lives and give the children fits, despite their love for the shrink-wrapped graphics and the thrill that they won something, in their little hand-turning sharpeners. How do they make the lead break right when it's finally sharp? When the pencil is a fraction of it's original length, the child has settled for a flat-top lead that wobbles just a little. Or how about those pencils (do they still make these?) made of some kind of sawdust composite? Sharpening is not an issue but writing with one is like trying to push around a rubber rock. You'd have more luck trying to communicate with a burned match than with the ones where you can tell a light and dark half of the wood. I think they cut the shafts (or at least half the shaft) against the grain. People. Poorly made pencils are at every turn. You cannot swing a dead cat in today's classrooms without hitting one. If one of these little abominations makes it way into your pencil sharpener, do not damn the poor machine. Ahem. I'm very satisfied with this pencil sharpener. We gathered up all our pencils in need of sharpening, including the colored pencils, totaling more than 100 pencils in all, and gave them each a turn. The size selector was easy to work: you hold the tab against the face of the sharpener and turn to the appropriate size. All of the pencils sharpened smoothly, taking each about six cranks from dull to sharp. None of the leads broke and none sharpened off kilter (if the selected hole is larger than your pencil needs, this will almost certainly happen). A couple of them were the fatties like "My First Ticonderoga", a most excellent make of pencil in any model; one was a "Smencil", which is made of tightly wrapped paper; several were drawing pencils with soft lead grades like 4B and 6B. No problems. Even the plastic-shrink-wrapped "Minion" pencil received a stable, sharp point after only six turns. Maybe miracles do happen. We had no lower grade pencils to test, because they have been banished from the house like so many foreign gods. After these successes, I decided to try my pastel chalks in pencil form. The wood sharpened fine but the chalks--no surprise--were too delicate and broke. I decided not to try the charcoal pencils. I don't think I'd try make-up pencils, either. Now, the shiny metal part that catches the shavings is easy to take off and put back on but is thin. I don't see where this is a drawback. I'll not calling it flimsy, because it holds together and does the job. I'm not looking for an iron-clad shaving catcher to cast in my next action motion picture, clanking in my backpack while I hang from a sheer rock face. I can imagine the thing could be smooshed by a careless foot in a series of slapstick accidents, but I'm not going to waste my life living in fear of that moment, because this thing cost $10.48 plus tax, and because slapstick accidents are usually entertaining. I confidently recommend the X-Acto Model KS Table- or Wall-Mount Pencil Sharpener (1031).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Old time sharpener
*by C***Y on January 24, 2026*

Item received was as described and brought me back to my old school days. Its mounted out in my woodworking shop and gets used regularly! No problems or complaints! A+++

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