Give me back my (sharpened) pencil.

• Position: WHAT'S NEW? - IPoint's revolutionary pencil sharpeners - Brief article

We've always loved electric pencil sharpeners. After all, who can stand those tiny plastic ones you used to have to carry in your pencil case at school (the shavings inevitably ended up everywhere), or those manual wall units that never quite turned right and always seemed to produce a lopsided point on your old #2? Trouble is, even electric sharpeners have their drawbacks. Like, once the blades go dull, then what? Moreover, if you don't extract the pencil, the sharpener simply will keep on ... well ... sharpening, until you're left with a nub and a point of lead (excuse us, graphite), and nothing else. So, we were intrigued when we heard about the new line of sharpeners ($18-$35) from iPoint, Westcott, Conn., which features titanium bonded blades that stay sharper longer; an...