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fgt | 20:56 Mon 23rd Sep 2002 | Home & Garden
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What does the HB stand for on a pencil?
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Hard black
21:54 Mon 23rd Sep 2002
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...meaning the lightest pencil is the hardest & the darkest (softest) is the blackest, HB being in the middle. Gradations to towards either hard or black are in the form of a number and the letter eg 2H or 2B.
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