M + R (Mobius & Ruppert) Brass Pencil Sharpener

Leave it to the Germans to make the VERY BEST PENCIL SHARPENER IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Back in my teacher days, I had one of these as the classroom pencil sharpener and not only did it NOT sprout legs and walk away (no small miracle), it sharpened multiple pencils every single class period for an entire school year and didn't go dull! It's heavy in the way that expensive and special and high quality things are heavy, and every person into whose hand I've place this teensy little gem have paused, hefted it, and said some version of "Oooooh.  I need one of these."

You need one, too.