![]() ![]() My guess is pencil companies are told by stores they only want HB #2s, but the companies know can differentiate their product from the others by dropping B or 2B leads in the pencils. ![]() Staples has HB and sometimes B.) The hardness creep is especially annoying because when people test them, I find they gravitate toward the softer, darker leads. (Here in the US, most Wal-Marts carry only HB in 120 or 150 lead packages. My explanation for the recent HB-, HB, HB+ post is that the stores say, "We only want HB." So Pentel gives them HB. But I just don't think it's going to happen. Sure it'd be nice for everyone to be the same. This lack of a hardness standard bugs me some ways and not others. I'm not saying it helps a lot, but if you're worried about every point and every second, it helps. I sent my nephew with a handful of #2s and an old "Test Scoring Pencil" with a well-rounded tip, hoping the proctors wouldn't look closely. Pencils are actually advertised to be SAT acceptable. The SAT requires a #2 pencil, despite the fact that softer pencils offer a significant advantage in filling out the little ovals. Here in the US, there is a college entrance test called the SAT (which used to stand for something, but which has been changed to stand for "S.A.T" to avoid controversy). Link to No.2 Pencils, Scantron Bubble Tests, etc What do they use in South America, the Middle East and Asia – HB or 2 or something else? If you know, leave a comment. Who knows what a number 2 pencil is the same as? If I saw Soft, I would expect B, or 2B.Īccording to the Faber-Castell catalogue, Number 2 = B.īut from their countrymen at Staedtler, Number 2 = HB.īut the folk at Stabilo have just completely lost the plot, with 1 = 3B, 2 = HB and 2 ½ also = HB! Personally I’ve never thought of HB as soft. Here is Dixon marking their pencils as “Number 2, HB, SOFT”. I thought there was some consensus that the relationship is I didn’t even know this USA “Number” system existed until a few years ago but since its not the only system operating in the US, I guess it could all get a bit confusing. A few US folk find this blog with searches trying to relate No 2 pencils to their equivalents in the HB system. ![]()
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