Marking Utensil Sharpener and Holder

An improved marking utensil holder having a rigid hollow sleeve defining inner and outer surfaces and forward and rearward ends, the inner surface terminating in forward and rearward openings at the respective forward and rearward ends and configured to accept the insertion of a marking utensil there-through, said outer surface configured to be gripped in a user's hand, the forward end defining a collet to removably secure the utensil, said outer surface defining an outer engagement surface proximal to the rearward end, wherein the improvement comprises:

• an axial hollow casing defining an interior surface between an open end and a closed end, and an exterior surface terminating at the open end and encompassing the closed end, the interior surface defining an interior engagement surface proximal to the open end for removable engagement with the outer engagement surface of the marking utensil holder, the open end configured to accept an insertion of the marking utensil therein and the closed end defining a segmented frusto conical socket defining a plurality of supports inwardly terminating in a plurality of frusto conical support surfaces and circumferally separated from one another by a through ejection port, each through ejection port terminating in an outer ejection opening defined within the outer surface and in an inner ejection opening defined circumferally between adjacent support surfaces, each ejection port defining a forward end of one support and a trailing end of a circumferally adjacent support;
• a cutting edge co-planar with the forward end of each support, each cutting edge parallel with and extending inwardly from the support surface, each said cutting edge unitary with each said support and configured for cutting engagement with the marking utensil.