MB&F has collaborated with Caran d’Ache to create the GorillaSharpener, a functional pencil sharpener reimagined with gorilla limbs. This limited edition piece celebrates World Gorilla Day and supports the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. It is described as an objet d'art that is also a useful desktop tool.
- Retail price is CHF 850 + VAT
- Limited edition of 300 pieces
- Supports the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
- Features gorilla limbs cast in stainless steel
- Designed by MB&F's Maximilian Maertens
- Combines zinc alloy, steel, and chrome-plated components
- Accepts round or hexagonal pencils from 4–10mm in diameter
- Cutter is interchangeable
The GorillaSharpener is the least expensive MB&F instrument ever, retailing at CHF 850 + VAT.
The sharpener is described as a 150mm-tall, knuckle-walking desk companion with wonderfully unnecessary gorilla limbs.
This is the second collaboration between MB&F and Caran d’Ache, following the DinoSharpener released in 2025.
Maertens created the GorillaSharpener as a progression from the DinoSharpener, seeing a parallel between Godzilla and King Kong.
The artistic direction transforms the utilitarian sharpener into an objet d'art with muscular gorilla limbs that give the impression of a silverback poised to pounce.
The device's stance is described as the unmistakable knuckle-walking stance of a great ape.