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Panasonic KP4A-BK Kp-4a battery pencil sharpener, black, 1 Unit | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Office Product
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $13.20
You Save: $8.75 (40%)
New (24) from $13.20
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 10
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 3.4 x 1.8
Warranty: Manufacturer's limited one-year warranty.
MPN: KP4ABK
Model: KP4ABK
UPC: 092281137506
EAN: 0092281137506
ASIN: B00006IEIF
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Battery-powered, compact sharpener with hardened steel blades. Has heavy-duty motor and safety switch. | | • | Compact and portable--great for home, school and office. | | • | Hardened steel blades ensure a 16-degree point. | | • | Semi-transparent shavings receptacle. | | • | Powered by a heavy duty motor. |
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Product Description
Powerful gear-driven motor with hardened tool steel mechanism. Safety switch - will not operate with shavings receptacle removed. Auto shutter prevents shavings spillage. Uses four AA batteries (not included).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Great Design, Poor Quality Components August 22, 2008
A. Dove (New Haven, CT)
I got this to sharpen my daughter's colored pencils, which she breaks constantly. It worked perfectly, sharpening the pencils quickly and easily and putting a very fine point on them every time. Then, after a few dozen uses, it suddenly broke, in exactly the same way many of the other low-scoring reviews have described: the motor runs, but the blades no longer turn.
Dismantling it, I quickly found the culprit. The motor connects to the blades through a series of three small gears, all of which are made of low-grade plastic. Unsurprisingly, the torque had quickly stripped the smallest of these gears, which obviously should have been made of metal (or at least stronger plastic).
Panasonic's customer service department was surprisingly responsive when I called them, but they no longer make this product or stock parts for it, so they referred me to an appliance repair supplier. Neither that supplier nor any other hardware vendor I tried carries this nonstandard gear. The device is essentially unfixable, and the $20 I spent on it is wasted.
I suspect that Panasonic may have switched to the cheap gears later in the production run, explaining why many people rave about this otherwise well-designed device. It may have been a great buy once, but I strongly advise avoiding it now.
 great sharpener June 30, 2008
T. Lowe (Kuna, Idaho)
This sharpener works well, I have sharpened many pencils and it works great every time. My kids can even work it well. The battery life is long in this as well.
Works great! June 27, 2008
Sarah Nalle (Louisiana, USA)
I bought this for sharpening colored pencils for my artwork. It is of much better quality than most of the other battery operated sharpeners I've seen. It consistently produces a smooth, very sharp point without breaking off the pencil or chewing it up. It has plenty of power to do the job, despite being battery operated.
Sharp and quiet June 9, 2008
RIS (Wilmington, NC)
I've been using Panasonic pencil sharpener more than ten years. It is somewhat delicate so I had to replace it time to time but still I wouldn't mind to give five stars for this one. I wasted so many pencils when I tried other HEAVY DUTY sharpeners. They just eat up pencils. Panasonic sharpener does excellent job for sharpening without loud noise.
Excellent June 5, 2008
Matthew E. Gibbs
You'll be the most popular person in your art class with this sharpener. By the end of the semester, most of the class would have me sharpen their prisma-color pencils, since they are delicate and this does an amazing job of not breaking the "lead". It does not have a blade like cheap sharpeners, it grinds and shaves it down like the old fashion hand-crank ones from elementary school. It's a bit noisy, but never found it to be a problem in class.
This thing looks nice too, I am always a fan of Panasonic products, great design.
Highly recommended!!!
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