"It is possible to sharpen a pencil without a pencil sharpener, but it is impossible to sharpen a pencil without a pencil" Wow, this man is full of insightful gems.

@DeoxOddsey

6 жыл бұрын

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@DeoxOddsey

6 жыл бұрын

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I have purchased and read his book. It has changed the way I sharpen pencils.

@Dawn24Michele

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, what. This was real?. I thought it was a spoof on the whole artisanal bs morons come up with these days. Oops.

The best part is when he explained that since the shavings are indeed part of the pencil, they should be returned to the customer with individual packaging

I feel like this is a joke that went way too far.

@kylestonebraker3050

8 жыл бұрын

Look up Going Deep with David Rees. This is no joke.

@jimmygrant3212

6 жыл бұрын

But damn good one

@edouardbail9741

6 жыл бұрын

The guy has multiple books and a tv show!!

@NaNa-kj2gw

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was a joke that went to far. He's quit. Said it was a sad commentary that people were willing to pay $40 for a white guy in an apron to sharpen a damn pencil. So any people were paying him for this.

@dkiefersu

4 жыл бұрын

@@NaNa-kj2gw interesting! I can see why he would quit and that is kinda sad. But there are some good points to sharpening a pencil his way, especially putting something on the tip to protect the pencil and yourself from impailment.

I've never seen the line between serious and satire toed so masterfully.

*"Im a professional pencil sharpener"* Lost it there.

@Ed-lz4jv

6 жыл бұрын

LMAO when he said that

If you want to sharpen a pencil you can do it for under $1000

@jbsg01

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacqui Schmitt That's where I lost it haha

@WillLeingang

2 жыл бұрын

😂

He's either funny as shit or insane.

@aidysfan

8 жыл бұрын

He's a comedian.

@patrickmccormack4318

Жыл бұрын

He's both.

I thought this was a joke but this was actually really fascinating! his passion for pencil sharpening is just mindblowing!

"This is me playing it safe" - David Rees on sharpening his pencil manually. Gotta love it.

This is possibly the best and nerdiest piece if content ever produced

real talk, that "handmade" pencil sharpener was actually cool as shit.

I love this guy! I'm sorry his show was cancelled. I liked the little shaved tool, it reminds me when I was a little girl and we had to sometimes shapen our pencils with just a blade. Sometimes our little sharpeners broke. The good old days. 😀

This inspired my final Buisness technology class assignment. My made up business was a professional pencil sharpening service. A+.

Sharpening pencils is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

@Juusokakku

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm in the pen sharpening business"

@SenselessUsername

3 жыл бұрын

No, no , sharpening pencils by mail order is just phase one.

Is ok guys you only need $1000 to get started. *Walks into bank* "hello i would like to take out a loan of $1000 to start a small business". "What is your business sir?" "I will sharpen peoples pencils". *Thrown out the door by bank security*

I am ashamed of myself now... For all these years working as a professional artist I have never taken the sharpening of my pencils seriously enough. Thank you sir for opening my eyes, I am sure my artwork will be significantly improved. In three or four years, when I have mastered the art of artisanal pencil sharpening....

I feel like this is a Funny or Die skit

He is being serious, but also adding a funny twist to it. He used to be a comic, but changed to a become a pencil sharpener, and you should watch his other videos. I really like him, he is sincere, and funny as hell. I love him.

Oh shit, I was hella scared of sharpening a pencil before but not anymore, thanks to this video

Timmy Turner's dad

If people can make money by playing videogames, this guy deserves to make a living from sharpening pencils.

@cynthiahauser2250

7 жыл бұрын

fer shur

@ryanphillips4123

5 жыл бұрын

Tru dat

@BaddaBigBoom

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanphillips4123 I know ...right.

@lissacpc

3 жыл бұрын

Amén.

It is impossible to sharpen pencils without a pencil. Genius! Now I know where I've been going wrong all these years. That's why I'll never be any more than a mere amateur pencil sharpener.

This actually sounds pretty cool. I would love to do this given my unnatural obsession with pencils.

"it is possible to sharpen pencils without a pencil sharpener; but it is impossible to sharpen a pencil without a pencil." truly the plato of our times

"Teacher my pencil broke" "Go sharpen it" "Ok! 2 weeks in the mail..."

This is awesome. One of the funniest videos I have seen on KZread. They dryness of the humor is priceless.

I have to be honest, when he wrote his signature at the end the pencil wrote smooth as hell.

This video has increased my appreciation for pencils...

I love the seriousness of this gag... Palominos are great pencils.

Make sure you keep all your certificates of sharpening and lighting conditions in addition to your clear bag of pencil shavings (since they are the clients property) in a safe deposit box in your local bank and have the certificates duly notarized, as required by law in the state of Wisconsin.

An absolutely beautiful thing. Something poetic , something old - of yesteryear - I love this.

I watched this whole video. Why did I watch this whole video? I watched this whole video because I am extremely bored, and it was on Reddit.

Wow!!! What an amazing collection

I'm not really that interested in pencils but I do collect sharpeners. I'm glad to see you use an El Casco. I own two of the first they made in the 40's and they are amazing.

I had goosebumps while he was rotating the handle of the pencil sharpener. Very nice piece of craft

This guy takes pencil sharpening to a new level.

With an Amazon Prime discount you save almost $7 on the hardback version. It's great to see a master in the art of pencil sharpening at work. Truly a necessity for the library of every serious pencil artist.

Just heard David being interviewed on CBC radio. Thought it was an elaborate joke. It is very funny, but he is for real. David has even just finished a USA pencil sharpening tour. He charges $15 to sharpen a pencil.

@danstrayer111

2 жыл бұрын

they replayed that 2 nights ago., last day of April 2022.

A lot of you have already asked if this is a joke and the consensus seems to be that it's not. In which case the people paying for this service must be the not-rights. So I get my newly sharpened pencil, carry on my pencil drawing, and after a couple dozen strokes the point has dulled. Do I send it off all over again?? What am I missing here?

I took the seriously and was incredibly intrigued by pencil sharping. I love it

Simply brilliant and witty!

Are we sure this isn't a clip from Portlandia?

@norwester7018

9 жыл бұрын

+king tyris HAHAHAHAHAHA, EXACTLY what I was thinking when I heard about this shit... I'm a born and raised Portlander (and despite what one might imagine, NOT a fucking fixie riding hipster) and even I couldn't believe this was for real...

I love the way you've convinced people that this is a thing now.

i will get some of em... one, because i love seeing him doing what he loves the most and two... that sharpen pencil is just... wow...

I definitely recommend the El Casco, the world's most expensive pencil sharpener only $600. My team and I were competing against 12 other teams in the national pencil sharpening competition and with the Casco we ended up winning with an average pencil sharpening time of 8.52 seconds, barely beating the second place competitors whose average was 8.68 seconds per pencil.

This guys humor is fantastic!

Entertaining and informative, can't wait for the next one!

Finally we've found a man worthy of hanging out with Steven Wright.

i could watch this for 10 hours straight and be entertained full

Correct. I see a deep philosophical genius behind this masquerade of lead and charcoal.

This guy's book is a must read

Man, I love your humour sense. This joke is sooo wonderfully created.

He's the kinda guy who would buy you a pencil sharpener for your birthday

That was a cool signature at the end.

love the 'travel kit' clearly there would be a blunt pencil somewhere that urgently needed attention - all for under 1000! 😃

If you have bandaids in your pencil-case, you are doing something very wrong.

Wow, this video involves a lot of tools, my favorite was the narrator.

If I saw this guy walking down the street my first thought would definitely be, "Yep. Professional Pencil Sharpener - NAILED IT."

I got my pencil yesterday! Christmas came early!

Under $1,000.00? I better start getting my rig together. This is a potential GOLD MINE!

I have one too and can highly suggest getting one. When the transparent box fills with dust and wood, it feels like all the negative energy that lies within an unsharpened pencil gets sorted out naturally, with you being the active puppet player in an opera of dualistic factory manufacturing and artistic handcraft. Just imagine the possibilities of a sharpened pencil. I could stare at it for month rather than touching it and using it for something simple as drawing.

Oh, man, this is great!

He actually made a bunch of good points, especially about picking debris from the sharpener and potentially damaging the blade

@lindaburnett3

2 жыл бұрын

He made a couple of good points. Punny.

"the lighting conditions" Because when I send my pencil to someone to have it sharpened I needs ta KNOW!!! ^_^

he worked for the census, the sheds a little light right there. But I have to give credit to a guy's salesmanship that can make a career out of something we have all done for ourselves since the age of 5. Reminds me of the tailor of the emperor's clothes.

Just heard David Rees interview on CBC's "As it Happens". So funny.

I have read the book and is fascinating

This guy's a poet!

damn i just cant seem to sharpen this pencil to my liking, how much do you charge? I would also like to receive all equipment used in the sharpening, price is no object.

I really wish I found this video before purchasing my pencil sharpening kit for 1800.00. It didn't even include a flexible hose. I just ball up tissue and gently push the pencil tip into that and then insert into the tube and ship it off to the client. I haven't had a mishap yet but still, it seems so much easier his way.

Is this the real life version of Timmy Turners' dad

Ah good. Another good one for the unintentional asmr playlist.

I love it!!

this is pure bliss

This video changed my life. :D

Ayyy this was way before going deep with David Rees

@victoriagarcia6768

8 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry this is so surreal

I prefer to shape the graphite on increasingly finer grits of japanese waterstones. I usually end off with 10,000 grit for the smoothest possible surface. Another thing I like to do is fire harden the wooden casing for added strength. This is an ancient pencil sharpening technique dating back to hunter gatherer times. I also build pencils by hand planing triangular strips of wood and gluing with hide glue to join them into a hexagonal blank, I then hand auger each blank through and laminate strips of B hardness graphite around an H hardness core to ensure the pencil is both of sufficient blackness but also strong enough to withstand the rigours of practical use. Most of my pencils end up being display pieces however. Typically I find Honduras Mahogany is the best pencil casing wood as it is sufficiently hard to provide structural stability and also has a nice tap tone and superior acoustic properties. I typically will seal the casing with a clear nitrocellulose coating to both show off the aesthetic beauty of the wood and help it retain its acoustic properties. Pencil acoustics is often overlooked but becomes apparent when a pencil is dropped. Lesser pencils often produce a dull dead sound, whereas an artisanal pencil will be apparent due to it's clear ping upon hitting the floor.

@penguinpie5056

8 жыл бұрын

+Penguin Pie I mean I was apprenticed for 5 years in the bavarian school of pencil sharpening. But you should never limit yourself to just one system. take what works and strip away the inessential. I have found the traditional japanese approach to pencil sharpening can produce a much finer final point. I have created many jigs which streamline the process which also helps.

Brilliant! I like this vid!

I need this book in my life

This. Was amazing

I'm sure everyone that gets a pencil from this guy just can't wait to see what the lighting conditions were when he sharpened it.

"It is impossible to sharpen a pencil without a pencil." Mind = BLOWN

This is the coolest thing ever!

He is, in fact, completely serious.

Wow I want to be a professional pencil sharpener too

@jaystew8911

9 жыл бұрын

Quite a great career man we got here

How do you collect the graphite that was rubbed off onto the smock? Since it also technically belongs to the customer, do you have a special way to collect this? Thank you.

Since most of my pencils are things I pick up from the sidewalk or parking lot, I find the usual little hand-held manual sharpener is adequate! This is fun to watch, though.

This is brilliant

Wow he doesn't return the graphite to the client...amateur hour

Seriously guys, I have to know if this is for real. He's got to be kidding right?

Thanks Reddit. This was great.

David Rees: There's no reason to be intimidated by sharpening a pencil. Kid in elementary school during a math test: Am I a joke to you?

i love this man

We like the Blackwing so much, we wrote a song about it!

Wow! That's awesome.

It hurt my eyes watching that guy sharpen a Blackwing 602 with a pocket knife.

@amistry605

8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@agagagagagyo

5 жыл бұрын

Those are fakes, they haven't made the real ones in a long time

@laithisr

5 жыл бұрын

Sino Jas you can buy them on amazon right now today

@lbb101

3 жыл бұрын

Knife sharpening pencils into a long tip with more graphite (or charcoal, depending on type) exposed, allows the pencil to get "closer" to the paper. It gives an artist more options in hatching. That's why artists working with pencils often like long-point, knife sharpened pencils with quite a bit of graphite exposed ...

Didn't know it was this intense to sharpen a pencil. This guy is the David Lee Roth of pencil sharpeners. Lol

The best part of this video is that it out of focus 93.4% of the time.

Perfection.