Pencil sharpener
Sacapuntas
- Date
- 1828 · confidence medium
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Bernard Lassimonne
- People
- 👤 Bernard Lassimone
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A device with a fixed blade that sharpens the pencil point as it is turned, protected by the 1828 French patent. It replaced the penknife.
It is the earliest known patent; the current blade-and-wedge form became general after 1850.
What it led to
- sharp pencils in office and school
- crank and electric sharpeners
- mass use of the pencil