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Am Canadian, never heard of a #2 pencil but very much had HB pencils

Woah, TIL that HB was not a branding mark on the #2 pencils I used growing up!

HB 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

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