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What isdo we call the nameprocess of the device that cutscutting pencils down to expose more lead?

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What do we do with this stuffis the name of the device that cuts pencils down to expose more lead?

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What do we do with this stuff?

We call the following a pencil cutter.

pencil cutter

But what do we do with it? Do we cut the pencil? Cutting the pencil sounds odd to me, like it means actually we are cutting the pencil into pieces which is not something we do. So what do we do with it? EDIT- In case anybody is in doubt what I mean to ask, here is an image of the process I want to know about.

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What is this process called?