Customer Feedback RE: Christmas Pencil

Messages like this are the reason I’m glad I’m in the artisanal pencil sharpening business:

I recently ordered one of your artisanally sharpened pencils as a Christmas gift for a friend. The pencil she received had a certified sharpness of 8/10. May I be blunt with you (as blunt as your pencils are sharp)? I expected craftsmanship, but not to such a fine degree. You may expect my continued patronage in the future.

“You may expect my continued patronage in the future.” These words are music to an artisan’s ears.