Dahle ROTARY SHARPENERS - Premium Sharpener - 166

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Product Description

Dahle's new rotary pencil sharpener provides the ideal solution to ensure that your pencils are always ready for whatever task you need them for. Dahle's Professional rotary pencil sharpeners allow you to adjust the degree of sharpness for your pencil with the simple twist of a dial, ranging from a sharp fine tip to a dull blunt edge. This new Dahle sharpener offers Dahle's Automatic Cutting System which allows you to set your sharpness level, and then the rotary sharpener spins freely, preventing over sharpening of your pencil. This new Dahle rotary sharpener accommodates standard graphite as well as oversized artist pencils and can easily be cleaned of any waxy buildup. A mounting clamp is included, but is not necessary for portable sharpening. Be sure to pick up your Dahle Professional rotary pencil sharpener from MyBinding.com today!

Product Details

Automatic Cutting System sharpens lead evenly and prevents over-sharpening
Precision cutting blades made of Solingen Steel
Accepts oversized artist pencils
Point adjuster for sharp or blunt tip
Easy to clean blades are perfect for use with graphite and colored pencils
Easy to clean transparent shaving cup
Mounting clamp included but not necessary for portable sharpening
Blade: Ground Fluted Cylinder
Replaceable Blade: Yes
Oversize Pencils: Yes
Part Number: 166
Manufacturer's Warranty: Lifetime Manufacturer's Warranty
UPC Code: 76769166004

Demonstration Video

Transcript: Welcome to MyBinding video. Dahle produces a number of rotary sharpeners, this one is the Premium Sharpener #166. Simple, easy to use with no assembly, and a grip pad on the bottom to keep it in place. The red button on top is used for adjusting for different sized pencils and the automatic cutting system sharpens lead evenly and prevents oversharp. Sharpening is made super easy with little effort and the easy-to-clean blades are perfect for use with both graphite and colored pencils. On the sharpening handle is the point adjuster for sharp or blunt tips. Also easy to monitor and keep clean is ... Read More

Welcome to MyBinding video. Dahle produces a number of rotary sharpeners, this one is the Premium Sharpener #166. Simple, easy to use with no assembly, and a grip pad on the bottom to keep it in place. The red button on top is used for adjusting for different sized pencils and the automatic cutting system sharpens lead evenly and prevents oversharp. Sharpening is made super easy with little effort and the easy-to-clean blades are perfect for use with both graphite and colored pencils. On the sharpening handle is the point adjuster for sharp or blunt tips. Also easy to monitor and keep clean is the transparent shaving cup on the front. There it is, the Dahle 166. For more demos, reviews, and how-tos, check out MyBinding.com.

Resources

Dahle 155 Premium Sharpener Spec Sheet Download

Staff Review

Dahle ROTARY SHARPENERS - Premium Sharpener Review

The Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener is loaded with features and is intended for heavy use in professional or scholastic art and drafting departments. We recently ran one of these sharpeners through its paces, and compiled a list of some of its strengths and weaknesses.

Strengths:

Probably the most remarkable thing about the Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener is what Dahle calls the Automatic Cutting system. If you are an artist, a drafter, or anyone who does a lot of work with pencils, you probably have a difficult time getting just the right point for the type of drawing you are doing at any given time. Often, you probably find yourself hunched over a piece of scrap paper, madly scribbling away trying to get the lead tip to cooperate. The Automatic Cutting system featured on the Dahle Premium Sharpener can help you put an end to that. With the turn of a dial, you can set the blades to sharpen to your exact specifications, from a dull wide tip to a super sharp edge. Because the blades are designed to spin free when the desired level of sharpness has been achieved ( no matter how much you crank away), you can always be assured that there will be no over-sharpening.
Dahle products have long been known the world over for using blades made out of the finest steel from Solingen, Germany, and the Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener is no different. We can say without reservation that these are some of the best blades you will find in any pencil sharpener anywhere, and that they are more than up to the task for heavy duty use by a corporate or school art department. The blades cut as cleanly and with as much precision as we have ever seen from a pencil sharpener, but that should be no big surprise coming from Dahle machine.
The Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener has a lot of features that make it a good choice for a multiple user environment, but none more so than that fact that it is very easy to clean and maintain. The shavings cup is made of clear plastic so you can see when it is full, and the cup slides right out for easy emptying. The cutting blades are easy to remove and clean too, which is a big plus if your Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener is going to be used with colored pencils (due to the softer lead) and any pencils that have wax coatings that have a way of building up and collecting in between the blades (as almost all pencils do).
The Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener is both versatile and portable. It can accommodate just about any pencil size out there, including the extra wide pencils that artist use quite often. Also, though the Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener comes with a clamp that you can use to place it in a dedicated spot, it can also be moved about the room for tabletop use.

Weaknesses:

Not a huge deal, but we found that the Dahle Premium Pencil Sharpener was just a little bit easier to use when it was clamped down. Also, we were a little concerned that if the unit were not mounted in a dedicated place, it might too easily find its way into a backpack, never to be seen again.