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Probably an HB pencil - Commonwealth countries tended to use a different hardness measure for pencils than the US. I think Waterloo is a Canadian university.
by Tangurena2 3y ago
Probably an HB pencil - Commonwealth countries tended to use a different hardness measure for pencils than the US. I think Waterloo is a Canadian university.
- katbyte 3y agoAm Canadian, never heard of a #2 pencil but very much had HB pencils
- eep_social 3y agoWoah, TIL that HB was not a branding mark on the #2 pencils I used growing up!
- AndyJames 3y agoHB is the middle of the scale. From there it's going both ways. Hs are harder and Bs are softer. There's also an F thrown into that scale for extra confusion. https://pencils.com/pages/hb-graphite-grading-scale https://pencils.com/pages/hb-graphite-grading-scale