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Sharp Guy

May 11, 2025 by Jim

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Our 2025 Subscriber box was created by Chicago artist Landis Blair who describes himself as a “crosshatcher with a variety of other problems.” 

Landis’s work is amazing, and his style is all his own. He also collects pencil sharpeners. And while he has lots and lots of pencil sharpeners he’s not crazy, he has rules after all…

“I am no mere horder of any device that sharpens pencils. That would be ridiculous. Instead, before any sharpener is even considered for inclusion, it must pass two tests. Test #1: Does it have a repository for pencil shavings? And test #2: is it a novelty item? If the answer to either of these questions is ‘yes,’ then I’m not signing the adoption paperwork –sorry, all you bronze-encrusted souvenir sharpeners shaped like Abraham Lincoln and the Liberty Bell.”

The first shipment of any new or renewed subscription during 2025 comes in this box. Start a subscription today and we’ll pack one up for you!