For years, the knife was the most commonly used tool to sharpen the wooden writing instrument known as a pencil (which historians believe was invented in the 15th or 16th century). But whittling the ...

LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) — A museum regarded as the largest collection of pencil sharpeners in the nation is reopening in Ohio. The Rev. Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum at the Hocking Hills Regional ...

Keep sharp, be sharp, act sharp, stay sharp is the mantra at the Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum in Ohio. Memories of my grammar school days came flooding back to me as I stepped inside the ...