Pencils
Sketch Pencils
| Tone and grade designations | Character | Application examples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | USA | RUS | ||
| 9B | – | – | extremely soft, black | for artistic purposes:
|
| 8B | – | – | ||
| 7B | – | – | ||
| 6B | – | – | ||
| 5B | – | – | ||
| 4B | – | – | ||
| 3B | – | 3M | soft |
|
| 2B | #0 | 2М | ||
| B | #1 | M | ||
| HB | #2 | TM | medium |
|
| F | #2½* | – | ||
| H | #3 | T | hard |
|
| 2H | #4 | 2T | ||
| 3H | – | 3T | very hard |
|
| 4H | – | – | ||
| 5H | – | – | ||
| 6H | – | – | extremely hard, light grey | for special purposes: |
| 7H | – | – | ||
| 8H | – | – | ||
| 9H | – | – | ||
Manufacturers
Prominent global manufacturers of wood-cased (including wood-free) pencils:
| Manufacturer | Country of origin | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Caran d'Ache | Switzerland | |
| China First Pencil Co. | China | "Chung hwa" and "Great Wall" brands |
| Cretacolor Bleistiftfabrik | Austria | |
| Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company | UK | Derwent brand |
| Dixon Ticonderoga | USA | Dixon, Oriole, Ticonderoga brands (manufactured in Mexico, China) |
| Faber-Castell AG | Germany | Plants in Germany, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Malaysia |
| FILA Group | Italy | Temagraph, Lyra, Dixon, Ticonderoga, DOMS brands |
| General Pencil Co. | USA | General's, Kimberly brands |
| Hindustan Pencils | India | Apsara, Nataraj brands |
| Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth | Czech Republic | Koh-i-Noor brand |
| Lyra Bleistift-Fabrik | Germany | Parent: FILA Group |
| Mitsubishi Pencil Company | Japan | Mitsu-Bishi, Uni brands |
| Musgrave Pencil Company | USA | |
| Newell Brands | USA | Paper Mate brand |
| Palomino | USA | Division of California Cedar Products, USA; |
| Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co. | Germany | Staedtler brand |
| Tombow Pencil Co. | Japan | includes MONO brand |
| Viarco | Portugal |
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