Talk:Pencil
From Academic Kids
What's a Number 2 pencil then? Rmhermen 16:05 Aug 12, 2002 (PDT) Thanks Rmhermen 06:43 Aug 13, 2002 (PDT)
"Attaching erasers to the end of pencils is largely a North American phenomenon, and is not the norm in Europe or Asia."
- I can't speak for the rest of Europe or Asia but erasers on pencils are far from uncommon in the UK. It's not universal however, so is there really a distinction to be drawn here?
What patent issues?
The body of the article mentions that the 2 1/2 pencil (F) has other names "due to patent issues". What are these issues? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the web.
Can the person please elaborate? Thanks.
on mechanical pencils
The article says that the mechanical propelling pencils "were widely used in the Victorian era", as if they aren't still used today! Or are they? Is there some other name in English for this plastic/metal pen that takes graphite cylinders 5 to 6 cm in length and 0.5 or 0.7 mm in diameter that I use for writing on paper almost every day? :) --Joy [shallot] 13:56, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Hardness scales
I am looking at my Grip 2001 Faber-Castell pencil right now and it says here: 2.5 = HB. According to this the 2.5 hardness level isn't equivalent to F, can anyone verify this? --Friðrik Bragi Dýrfjörð 12:33, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
