Stad One-Push Wooden Pencil Holder - Pink

I just purchased this pencil holder with my recent order on a whim. I've been using a lot of red/blue pencils recently and it's a pain to use when they've been whittled down to the center.

This pencil holder is so easy to use -- just push the top like a retractable pen, the claws open up and insert the pencil and adjust to your desired length. Release the top and the claws hold the pencil in place. It's bright, shiny, and has a nice thickness to the barrel that would even work for younger kids.

Note - the claws are -not- strong enough to run the pencil through a pencil sharpener. The force will push the pencil inward. However, the claws are strong enough for normal drawing/writing use.

These Stad One-Push pencil extenders/lengtheners/holders are awesome! I've been in search of the perfect ones for a couple years now ever since I started buying expensive pencils such as the Mitsubishi Hi-Uni and the California Republic Palomino pencils. I've tried about 4 or 5 different styles. These are by far my favorite! They are just the right weight, size, and texture - the whole body is really smooth aluminum (there's no rubber grip). The cap/button also has an eraser under it. The eraser diameter is the same as the Tombow One Twist Mini erasers, and you could in fact replace it with one.

They're so comfortable, I almost wish I could use them with my full sized pencils as well. They are super easy and quick to put the pencil in our out, which is a big plus since I sharpen pencils a lot. They grip the pencil really well and don't let the pencil move around once it sort of "locks" in (although sometimes you have to twist the pencil until the grip mechanism is all the way back like it is when there is no pencil in it.) I highly recommend these if you'd like to get a little more mileage out of your pencil stubs.

I LOVE these - I have been using them constantly with my colored pencils and they are almost invisible because they are so light weight! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stock some more!!! I want to get about 20 of these so I don't have to keep switching out pencils!

I really liked the idea of a pencil holder, I'm a person who used to tape wrapped up dowel to the end of small pencils to keep using them. But naturally it's troublesome.
Most art stores I went to for a holder sold individual holders that were uggly and fussy, or nice ones in huge sets of colored pencils, which I have pleanty of,

The Stad One-push pencil holder is the nicest looking holder and definitly the most confortable. It's a nice width, and a nice cool alluminum, which I'm used to thanks to pens. And it doesn't weigh your hand down to use. I absolutely love it!

These extenders are fantastic! Price wise they're only a little bit more than the more conventional extenders that utilize a thin metal ring. However, those of us who use colored pencils down to the nub realize we want to get our money's worth out of them. The other holders quit being effective at about 2 inches left of pencil. I am using a pencil that's barely 3/4's of an inch with this holder! It holds on tight until there's nothing left to hold onto.