(Taken with my simple phone.) My desk is becoming covered in wood shavings and graphite dust. My stapler is looking…sooty!
(Taken with my simple phone.) My desk is becoming covered in wood shavings and graphite dust. My stapler is looking…sooty!
Funny. I keep Palomino long-point and Faber-Castell sharpeners on my desk, along with another sharpener in my bag.
I have a little Kum magnesium in the office, a Palomino longpoint I carry in my bag and — maybe more importantly to this discussion, I have. . . a a little trash can right by my desk.
For some reason, our trashcans are in the hallway (?). I have a container sharpener in my bag, but I usually just grab a wedge from my desk. I think I might be growing to like the mess. :)
Fair enough ~ it might actually be an interesting use of all my old ashtrays, now that they’re not receiving ash anymore.
That could make for some awesome photos, too. :)
It looks like what you need is a Scrapl. (-:
Those things look pretty amazing — are they still available?
At home, because I’m lazy, I’ve taken to using a heavy little glass custard cup for shavings, since it doesn’t tip over easily and just looks kind of cool. Same general concept as an ash tray, I guess!
Haven’t figured out a perfect at-work solution, though. I mean…containers are nice and tidy, but it’s so fun to watch the shavings come off! Not to mention I feel more in control of the final product. OK, so I end up getting graphite fingerprints on my papers, but hey…
That custard cup is an attractive solution! I might have to dig around online and find one. : )
Using my sharpeners at work has left a lot of graphite dust on my desk. Any ideas to clean it off.
Kneaded eraser?
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