ALMOST GAVE UP: Over a decade ago I made a little Field Notes pencil sharpener. It was white with a olive imprint of the Field Notes wordmark logo. Simple plastic. I blasted through the couple hundred I had, and went back to re-order them, and they were discontinued or some shit. Which was kind of confusing. The world doesn’t need plastic pencil sharpener, suddenly? So I went searching, hitting up all the usual suspect promo sources, and got doors slammed in my face over and over. So I gave up, a bit defeated.

Some months ago I was lurking around the dark corner of eBay, and came across some government surplus pencil sharpeners at a helluva price. I dropped in a shitwhack of them, got them out to Portland, then went and found a local pad printer to hit them a couple times with a little DDC ink. Of course, I wish I could’ve found them in orange, but yellow was the next best color.

They turned out great! I mean, it’s a pencil sharpener, y’know? And that’s nothing to write home about. But you can’t write home without a sharp pencil.

DDC THUNDERCLAP!!!

And that’s what we’re offering here. A 2-pack, just a weird glimpse into how to procure things, hit them with a little ink and give them new life. Stay sharp!

01. Simple, plastic pencil sharpener.
02. The product of a lucky eBay search!
03. Yellow. But the good kind.
04. 0.625” wide x 1.00” long x 3.75” tall in dimension.
05. Manufactured by some government vendor, somewhere. Who knows. And we’re betting, made in the U.S.A., like all the other government surplus stuff.
06. In stock forever.
$4.99 for two! +3.99 Shipping (U.S.A.)

For customers using PayPal, click the link above they’ll take it from there. For customers who aren’t using PayPal, send us an email to “orders(at)draplin.com” and we’ll get back to you with an address to ship the funds to. We accept money orders and cold hard cash, so, get with it, man! All orders are shipped out as fast as we can. Usually a couple days after the order comes in. We ship everything USPS “First Class” rates. If you want quicker shipping, contact us and we can ramp it up to USPS Priority, or whatever you need. We aim to please! We cover the shipping in the states, but charge the basics for international orders. Before you place the order through our PayPal account, send us an email to “orders(at)draplin.com” and we’ll get you a shipping quote for the goods you are interested in. As simple as that! Thanks!

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