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KUM is the world’s premier hand-held, steel-blade pencil sharpener producer, headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, Bavaria’s famous pencil-producing region. From the multi-generation family business comes assurance of KUM’s 14-step proprietary process to produce the most consistent and reliable performing blades set into an unparalleled creative range of hand-held sharpeners. First in innovation, the line-up continues to expand, now with a unique set of ergonomic sharpener designs and accessory items. KUM’s partnership with California Republic includes the best-selling Palomino-KUM long point sharpener as well as the KUM-Palomino premium golden lacquer HB pencils paired with their jumbo CorrecCap eraser. Don’t miss the growing selection of KUM items on Pencils.com.