Looking For Real Small Pencil Sharpener

[+SomewhereInND]

I have noticed a few caches that have had really small pencil sharpeners, 3/8" X 3/8" by 1/2".

 

Ive been looking at all the common places, but havent found any.

Kmart, Walmart, Target, Drug stores, Office Max, Staples.

[+bons]

I have over 100 from a bulk "Nobbies" purchase.this is what they look like

If that darn Omaha/Lincoln meetup had happened I would have dumped them on anyone who wanted some.

 

Amazon has some nice ones

 

These are adorable

[+HartClimbs]

When I'd started - I checked the same places but couldn't find the small tiny sharpeners I'd remembered as a kid.

 

I ended up finding them at a local novelty store - at like a dime apiece.

 

I'm guessing at a dime each, it's not even worth stocking these at the mega-chains anymore. Check your local mom-and-pop places.....

 

Good luck!

[+Polgara]

You can also check out the cosmetic departments in walmart, target, etc., cause they have sharpeners for makeup pencils, the one i have is teeny, perfect size for a cache.

[+DBleess]

I just ended up buying a 4AA battery powered one. Works well since it uses the same rechargables my GPS and walkman use. Every time I run across a cache with a ratty pencil I just sharpen it. I also carry a supply of spare pencils and small spiral notebooks.

 

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=515296

[+Cache Viking]

I recently got a pack of about 20 from the local 99¢ Store.

[thorin]

Check your local Dollar Store.

 

Thorin

[+SixDogTeam]

How about a small square of sandpaper?

Edited May 5, 2004 by SixDogTeam

[+Planet]

try using a smooth rock near the cache in a pinch.

[+joefrog]

If you want a really good sharpener to keep in your pack, check out your local art supply store -- they have metal ones that do a GOOD job.

[SLCDave]

You could just put a pocketknife in there with a label on it that says "Pencil Sharpener"..... Well, maybe not......

[+Anne Bonney]

If they weren't so expensive, this would be a good one: Staedledter makes a mechanical pencil in various lead sizes and each full-length pencil has a pencil sharpener in the metal eraser cover. It can get messy, but it's a rockin' sharpener.

And tiny, too.