Abstract: A carpenter's pencil sharpener for sharpening carpenter's pencils is disclosed. The pencil sharpener comprises a housing having both a vertically oriented oval shaped bore and a horizontally oriented oval shaped bore extending therethrough. The oval shapes of the bores corresponds to the profile of a carpenter's pencil. The bores are parallel and aligned with respect to each other. A cutting edge resiliently extends at an angle into the path of the bores. The angle of the cutting edge being adapted to allow a carpenter's pencil to be slid within said bore when inserted therein but whittling a carpenter's pencil when withdrawn therefrom.