Who knew something as simple as pencil sharpeners had such a long history. The Awesomer put together this little collection of old-school pencil sharpeners from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s.

Or if you want, go for one of these over-engineered modern ones:

I can assure you that the Palomino Kum Point Pencil Sharpener is pretty awesome (newer model here, and the one with the tip sharpener here). I use it all the time.

You can also check out this video by the ridiculously good Stuff Made Here in which he creates some of the most ridiculous pencil sharpeners he can.