Easer It All With PaperMate’s EraserStik!
Written: Mar 14 '05
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Pros: Works on most inks, pencils and typewriters, whisks away debris, annoys cats to no end.
Cons: Does a number on manual pencil sharpeners.
The Bottom Line:
Hate having to deal with smudges on artwork? Typewriter clogged with eraser grit? Want to annoy cats? Get the PaperMate EraserStik!
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| Freak369's Full Review: Papermate EraserStik for Pencil Ink and Typewriter... |
When we were younger, my sisters and I always envied one girl in our school. Her father traveled a lot and was always bringing her things back from his business trips. Of course she never passed up an opportunity to rub this in everyone’s face, essentially turning every day into her own little private ‘show and tell’ session. One of the coolest things she brought in was this round eraser that had this little brush attached to it. You could erase stuff then whisk it off the page with the brush, sure that seemed like a simple concept but at the time [about the second or third grade] it was one of the coolest things we ever saw. I guess that might be where my little fascination with office supplies started, regardless, I am sure a psychologist would have a field day getting to the root of that issue. I have no idea what happened to Mary, the guru of all things cool, but I never forgot about that damn eraser wheel.
PaperMate EraserStik for Pencil, Ink and Typewriter
This isn’t exactly the same type of product that Mary brought to school but in my opinion, it’s a hell of a lot better! It can work on almost any type of ink, pencil or typewriter [including the ones that use carbon cartridges], has a handy dandy brush on the end to sweep away grit and probably the best feature of all, it annoys cats to no end. Since I deplore cats I found this an amusing little perk to the eraser. We don’t have cats but several of my friends do so I make sure I toss this in my backpack to torment, I mean play with them, when I stop by for a visit. I keep one of these on my desks for when I am typing and need to erase a large area but this sees the most use on my drafting table when I am doing sketches in pencil and need to erase something without running the risk of smudging the remaining work. So far they have done a great job and until something better comes along, I’ll stick with this for my artistic erasing needs.
You can use this to remove almost every type of ink from paper but it doesn’t work well with some gel inks like Milky or Pearl. More often than not, you will end up rubbing a hole in the paper when trying to remove this type of ink. For general pen ink this is a nice thing to use but you have to be careful when you are using it or, like I just mentioned, you will end up rubbing a hole in the paper. The eraser isn’t the soft pink kind that you find on the end of a pencil but rather the hard white kind that is rough and will break easily if you press too hard on the point. I use this mainly for removing pencil from a sketch pad or card stock but I’ve tried it out on pretty much everything when I wanted or needed to remove something. One word of warning, if you are going to use this on something that is glossy [like poster board] it will remove the sheen from it so use it sparingly.
About the only negative thing about this is that it needs to be sharpened in an electric sharpener. I tried this on a manual one [hand held and one of those old clunky wall mounted ones] and it really did a number on the blades. If you do any amount of erasing or need to work within a small area and have a tight point, you will want to use a good electric sharpener and make sure that you don’t just shove it into it, you want to use short [almost stabbing motions] presses so it doesn’t grab hold of the eraser and chew it to bits. There are some types of stick erasers that don’t need to be sharpened; rather the outside is peeled away. These are nice for people who don’t want to have to play around with sharpeners but you don’t get any type of a point to them.
The Bottom Line
So far these pencils have been extremely dependable; the brushes are strong and sturdy and it takes a lot of warp them. They don’t shed in the least and if the novelty of having this on your desk wears off you can always use it as a cat toy. I came across these are my local office supply store for $1.39 a piece but you can order them by the dozen and save about two dollars. If this sounds like something that you would be able to use, buy the individual one first to see if it will work for your needs, that way you aren’t stuck with a whole box of them. Kids like using these too, they get a kick out of brushing the eraser grit off the page and are a godsend when they are learning to write cursive and make a ton of mistakes. The only thing PaperMate could do to improve upon is would be to made a plastic sleeve that slides up to cover the brush to keep the bristles from getting bent if you toss it in your backpack or knapsack.
As always, thanks for the read!
~^V^~ Freak ~^V^~
© 2005 Freak369
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Recommended:
Yes
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