I did actually think about it... A few weeks ago, my electric pencil sharpener died. I was honestly sad. It was trustworthy and faithful. It had survived twenty plus moves all around the country and kept sharpening pencils for me through seven years of homeschooling. But, it died. At first, it sputtered. Then, it really died. I couldn't fix it. I didn't know what to do. I needed a new one fast because of all the pencils my kids write with every day. As a bandaid fix, I went to Walmart and bought a $7 Xacto manual sharpener that used suction to stay on the table. Ugh. It was a disaster! $7 completely sadly wasted. So, I started looking around and came upon a sharpener that a lot of teachers seemed to love. I was skeptical. It was a manual sharpener. It didn't look like anything that special. Was it worth the price? It was comparable to a good electric sharpener. H...