is it just me...????

[NikNak]

While out and about today i grabbed a pack of these.... http://www.rolsontools.com/4pc-carpente ... pener.html they'll be handy i thought....

got home

finally managed to get into the packaging :shock:

sharpened the first one... snap... the end broke off... try again... snap... try again... snap... :evil:

"I know, try another pencil...." (read the previous line but replace with 'the second one') :evil:

is it me just me..??

I know it was only £1.95, but its just not worth the effort (time/petrol etc) of going back and complaining

am now trying to find a contact point for them and draft an email telling them just the same.....

 

[pcb1962]

Personally I avoid any 'tools' sold under the brands of Rolson, Amtech, Toolzone, Silverline, Faithful, and a few others I can't remember offhand.

 

[MattRoberts]

It sounds like you've already put too much of your time into it! I'd just move on line it never happened

 

[NazNomad]

Have you tried traditional sharpening methods?

A Stanley knife, for instance? :-D

 

[paulm]

Have you tried traditional sharpening methods?

A Stanley knife, for instance? :-D

And try a steeper angle on the bevels perhaps :wink:

 

[MarkDennehy]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

Got one of these a little while back, it's been absolutely brilliant. You'd think the point would go or snap in a hurry, but nope, and it's happily scribbling away all over rough-sawn pine without a problem.

 

[Finial]

Personally I avoid any 'tools' sold under the brands of Rolson, Amtech, Toolzone, Silverline, Faithful, and a few others I can't remember offhand.

You've got more sense than me. I needed some 240g velcro backed abrasive. There wasn't much choice in the size so I thought Silverline - how bad could it be? I'm throwing it out now, it stops cutting after a few seconds. I also bought some of their 'heavy duty' clamps. The screws are machined crooked. But they do work.

 

[Bm101]

That's nothing. I spent £150 on (quite literally two pocketfuls of) these today.

They did throw in one of these for free though.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-dhp453 ... -lxt/2290j

 

[thetyreman]

get some faber castle pencils, they beat everything else I've used.