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H stands for Hard B stands for Black Pencils are graded according to hardness of the lead or softness. Example: 3H is very hard 2H is quite hard, but less hard than 3H H is hard HB is middle B is softer than HB B2 is softer still 3B is very soft almost like a charcoal

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