A Hiroshima-based sauce maker is enjoying booming sales with a pencil sharpener themed on “okonomiyaki,” a savory pancake dish whose ingredients include seaood, meat and vegetables.

The Kikkerland Camera Pencil Sharpener is a retro gift that takes me back to two different periods of my past life. It looks like the twin-lens reflex film cameras that you could still buy from ...

A carpenter’s square ... Nothing is more important than clean, accurate layout lines. Pencil lines may be fine for carpentry, but not for marking woodworking joints, like dovetails.