"Hi Rain, I'm in the stationary business and during a recent factory visit in China it was made aware to me that I need to redevelop the battery operated pencil sharpener, or the plug-in version. Here's the thing.... I have all the manufacturing capabilities but lack the next best design element.  I'm like you in the way that most anything good that worked perfect in past doesn't have its modern day counterpart with the same reliability plus any new tech the last 30 years should have provided. So... do you want to make a pencil sharpener with me? I'm as serious as a hard attack. I'm on a mission to take out the shit supplier that owns 60% of the market. This is why things don't change because he's not being forced. Contact me. Scott"