You can now buy a Yard of Led
11 x Pencil leads for Yard O Led, Life Long, and many old propelling pencils
WIDE: 0.046" inches (1.15 mm) by
LONG: 3" 1/2 inches (89 mm)
GRADED: 2B
You are purchasing 11 x 3.5" inch leads = 38.5" inches
A Yard of lead is = 36" inches plus one extra making 12 total
These also come with a complementary lead sharpener (colour may differ) and a plastic vile holder.
These will fit most vintage and antique mechanical pencils, such as Yard O Led, Life Long, Mordan and Ever Sharp.
Please ensure your own enquiries confirm these are the correct size for your particular propelling pencil. If in doubt contact us prior to purchase.
2B pencil leads in 1.15mm size, suitable for all Yard-O-Led pencils ever made - both modern and vintage. These refills will also fit many vintage mechanical pencils such as Conway Stewart, Burnham and Parker Duofold pencils (NOT Parker 51 or 61) and later
Pencils are graded using the ‘Graphite Scale’ which measures the softness/hardness of the lead.
A pencil lead is made from graphite mixed with clay. Graphite is a naturally soft substance and clay is mixed with it to make it harder. This means a lead with a high graphite content is known as a soft lead and will make a dark mark when used.
Conversely, a lead with less graphite and a higher clay content is known as a hard lead and will make a lighter mark.
SOFT leads are graded using the letter ‘B’ to designate how ‘black’ the mark they make is.
Numbers are then used to indicate the degree of softness – the higher the number the softer the lead and the blacker the mark.
For example, a 2B lead is softer than a B lead and will produce a blacker mark. A 4B lead is softer than a 2B etc.
HARD leads are graded in the same way, and use a ‘H’ to show how ‘hard’ they are. 2H is harder than an H and a 6H is really really hard. HB (hard black) leads are considered to be the happy medium on the graphite scale. There are no specific industry standards that set down how black HB leads should be, so an HB pencil made by one manufacturer will not necessarily leave the same mark as an HB pencil from a different manufacturer.
Please note, some feedback from customers would indicate that the leads are harder than a 2B and therefore not suited to drawing.