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    The letters HB on a lead pencil indicate its softness, heat tolerance, hexagonal shape, or country of origin?

    Question #41824. Asked by anup25. (Dec 01 03 12:54 PM)


    mk2norwich

    		I once used the following question in one of my pub quizzes:

    "What do the letters 'HB' stand for on a pencil?"

    The answer is "Hard Black", so your answer would be softness, or rather hardness.

    Dec 01 03, 1:06 PM
    gmackematix

    		As well as HB, pencils can be H,2H,3H,4H,5H,6H,B,2B,3B,4B,5B,6B or F. If you really want to know about pencils there is a Pencil Museum near Borrowdale in Cumbria.

    One to pencil in your diary! [Did I really just type that?!]

    Dec 01 03, 8:41 PM
    mibmob

    		THere is one in Keswick too which puports to be the first factory - we have had this q before.

    Dec 02 03, 4:06 AM

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