2006-06-08 18:51:27 · 12 answers · asked by aliky12 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
tjah. I will post future questions of this genre in the philosophy section.
2006-06-08 18:58:53 · update #1
The #1 pencil will always remain a free pencil no matter how hard it is or where you picked it up, right? BTW, the hardness of a pencil is produced by mixing the correct amount of clay with the soft graphite before baking it. I have had many pencils with clay inclusions that have torn the papers I was writing on. Never happened in the good old days (before my time!) when they used real lead to write with. In drafting class many considered #2 pencil lead as too soft but most considered 2H lead as "too hard" rather than "2 Hard" go figure. Philosophers will likely tell you that life is a pencil. To succeed you must get the lead out. Good luck!
2006-06-09 04:00:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question!
The #1 pencil nowadays is probably the mechanical kind - you know, the ones that have a refillable lead! I prefer those over the #2!
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2006-06-09 01:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Selene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there were no sheepskins in Madagascar to wrap graphite in, as in England, Madagascaran pencils will always be Number 2.
2006-06-09 05:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Pup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The #2 refers to the hardness of the lead and the darkness of the marks it makes.
2006-06-09 01:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, now I see what you mean!
Yeah, since they are popular, they should now be renamed #1 pencils. I mean they use them in so many exams these days, like the SATs and scan trons.
2006-06-09 01:56:00 · answer #5 · answered by -- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they should be #1 pencils!
but really is the hardness/softness of the lead
2006-06-09 01:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by Misch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe #2 pencil is too shy or to modest. sooner or later it will either be #1 or will go to #3!
2006-06-09 02:07:04 · answer #7 · answered by simpleguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are graded according to the softness of the lead.
Hb or #1 is the hardest, while 6b is the softest.
2006-06-09 03:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by Noel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has nothing to do with popularity it has to do with the hardness of the lead.
2006-06-09 01:55:40 · answer #9 · answered by opalescent_angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying to be witty and interesting? Try again.
2006-06-09 01:54:47 · answer #10 · answered by gregthedesigner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋