This extra-wide sharpener is specially designed for STABILO Woody pencils. It has a mechanism that removes excess wax at the same time that the wood is sharpened by the blade on the other side. Random colors; your sharpener may be a different color. More about Stabilo Woody: It's a pastel; it's a pencil; it's a watercolor stick — it's a Woody 3-in-1! These chunky & colorful drawing tools are great for big, expressive sketches, color studies, and preliminary work for paintings. Woody is such a versatile sketching tool because it combines many of the functions of pencils, pastels, and paints in one portable stick. You can sharpen and draw with Woody (try using a knife to cut down the point even more and create hard edges in the soft lead.) You can get it wet and blend it, creating surprisingly bright colors. Or you can lay it down in thick layers, like an oil pastel, using the lighter colors as dry blending sticks. Great for serious artists (they are even printed with lightfastness ratings on the side) but also non-toxic and suitable for kids, Woody is the rare art supply that brings all skill levels and ages together. About STABILO: Almost two centuries ago, STABILO began as a pencil manufacturer in Nuremberg — the cradle of German pencil production and still the home of many pencil brands. The geography of the area includes both graphite and clay deposits, so Nuremberg was a perfect place to open a pencil factory in the 19th century. The famous swan logo was added in 1865, when Gustav Schwanhäusser purchased the company and gave it the "Schwan" from his name. A red swan is still found on most STABILO products today, marking the quality and heritage of the brand. Today, STABILO makes much more than pencils (they are especially known for office pens and highlighters in Europe), including a bustling cosmetics division that manufactures branded products for companies like Chanel and Revlon. STABILO pencils and pens can be purchased in almost every country in the world — including the U.S., where you can find the red swan here at St. Louis Art Supply :)
