Faber-Castell offers the popular classic pencil Castell 9000 in 16 hardness grades. Soft pencils are preferably used in the artistic field. An ideal writing pencil (e.g. for use in the office) has a medium hardness ("HB"), a school pencil has hardness grade B. Faber-Castell uses the following designations: B = Black H = Hard HB = Hard Black Faber-Castell, as the leading manufacturer worldwide, has found the perfect solution to this problem of the transportable pencil: A pencil with integrated sharpener and eraser with a clip, which can be carried like a ballpoint or fountain pen and can be sharpened again in no time wherever you are. RX5Tg7Z.

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