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David Rees starts new venture sharpening pencils

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Get Your War On clip-art cartoonist David Rees has launched a new venture: sharpening pencils.

From The National Post:

The business plan is simple: just send him a No. 2 pencil in need of a good sharpening, and for the low, low price of $12.50 he?ll sharpen it, mail it back to you, and include a small plastic baggy containing the shavings, which you may save for posterity, or your children. In addition, each pencil is returned with a signed and dated certificate ?authenticating that it is now a dangerous object.? If you don?t happen to own a pencil, you can buy one from Rees for $15.

There is even a Facebook campaign to get him on the David Letterman show to demonstrate pencil-sharpening.

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Comments 11

  1. The things people do for money…

  2. I will sharpen your pencil for $10.

  3. Does he guarantee against breakage during shipping?

  4. I bet you could find people on Craigslist who will do it for a buck.

  5. I’m going to sharpen pencils for free, but sell t-shirts.

  6. Wanna see a magic trick with this pencil? Why so serious?

  7. Genius idea…wish I’d thought of it first. BTW, I’ll sharpen your pencils for $7.99. And it doesn’t have to be a no. 2, either. Anything from 5H to 5B, baby! HB’s & F’s too.

    Free shipping!

  8. He’s shrewd. He knows people will have to send that pencil back at least a couple dozen times to keep it sharp.

  9. Is there an extra cost to have it chewed on a little? I like my pencils chewed a little.

  10. The small plastic baggie containing the shavings made me laugh

  11. I’d pay if they were Blackwing Pencils……. at least those pencils have historical and collectible value.

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