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Panasonic KP4A-BK Kp-4a battery pencil sharpener, black, 1 Unit | 
| Brand: Panasonic
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $13.20
You Save: $8.75 (40%)
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 11
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 3.4 x 1.8
Warranty: Manufacturer's limited one-year warranty.
MPN: KP4ABK
Model: KP4ABK
UPC: 092281137506
EAN: 0092281137506
ASIN: B00006IEIF
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Battery-powered, compact sharpener with hardened steel blades. Has heavy-duty motor and safety switch. | | • | Compact and portable--great for home, school and office. | | • | Hardened steel blades ensure a 16-degree point. | | • | Semi-transparent shavings receptacle. | | • | Powered by a heavy duty motor. |
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Product Description
Powerful gear-driven motor with hardened tool steel mechanism. Safety switch - will not operate with shavings receptacle removed. Auto shutter prevents shavings spillage. Uses four AA batteries (not included).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Great sharpening BUT broke after 10 pencils August 20, 2004
Global Frog (France)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bought two sharpeners. I sharpened about ten pencils with the first one (excellent sharpening while it lasted), and something "let go" inside. The motor ran but the rotating blade had no more power - as soon as I pressed the pencil into the blade it would stop turning while the motor continued running freely.
I unwrapped the second sharpener to see if it would hold up better. Again, after about 10 pencils, exactly the same thing happened.
When I disassembled one of them to analyze the failure, I discovered that a crucial area of the plastic gear that drives the blade mechanism was stripped away so that the gear was spinning practically freely. It was unable to drive the blade mechanism with any significant strength.
Conclusion: This product is potentially an excellent pencil sharpener but it has a major design weakness in its drive train. I only put one star on this review because zero stars is not available.
 Excellent sharpener August 3, 2004
C. Keener (Hollywood Park, TX United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I use this on high-quality colored art pencils. They are very soft and shatter on ordinary pencil sharpeners with blades. This sharpener uses gears instead of a blade and sharpens at the same angle as other sharpeners that use gears (those with blades sharpen at a different angle). This is a replacement for my first one which lasted ~10 years and saved me ~$100 worth of pencils (these pencils are about a dollar each). I will not use another style.
Right to the point September 27, 2004
Holland VanDieren (Pasadena, CA United States)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I've run my Panasonic KP-4A sharpener for nearly a decade, with nary a hitch. It chisels keen points quickly, with a little accompanying noise that wouldn't be disturbing in most situations. In fact, the pitch tells you when the sharpening is achieved. Seems unbreakable to me, as long as one does not force pencils downward--just hold them steady and in 5 seconds, the job's done. Its sleek, compact, cordless design works on any desktop.
The Best Pencil Sharpener March 17, 2004
Corey (California)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Panasonic KP-4A is the best (yes, best) portable pencil sharpener I have ever seen. I have owned a few in the past, and they never worked very well; they were loud, cut crudely and broke the lead about half the time. The KP-4A cuts better than many desktop shapeners- and I mean better. It is loud, but no more than other models and its sound is more of a mechanical hum than a grinding roar. I would definetely buy this if you ever have situations where you need to write but might not by near a sharpener. I highly recommend this product, and, for its price, why not? :-)NOTE: If you would need to use this in really quite environments- don't. No portable electric one will be quiet enough so you'll need a manual one.
What a Shame, Panasonic August 16, 2007
F.ZAG (Brazil)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Go for the electric and more robust models. This one had a great call, small and mobile, easy to use. But it lasted for no more than 3 months, under very light duty.
Internal plastic parts fell shy on expectations, as did Panasonic's customer care when prompted to service it... in fact don't you ever try to use their customer care email form, it simply does not work.
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