ELIF: What’s the difference between a number 2 pencil and a pencil that isn’t labeled number 2? And if number 2s are almost always required why not just only make number 2 pencils?

Question

ELIF: What’s the difference between a number 2 pencil and a pencil that isn’t labeled number 2? And if number 2s are almost always required why not just only make number 2 pencils?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

The number describes the hardness. Different numbers are made mostly for artists, who want different effects when they draw with pencils.