Using art pencils for lead hardness & BHN testing 

That was helpful thank you very much!

Thanks sir and God bless

Thanks brother !

Good video, thanks for sharing.

Good vid. I like the pencil test👍🏻

Thanks !!! That is an idea well worth trying. I cast for a .357 magnum rifle. My Lee 358-200-RF projectiles at 950 fps have been my most consistently accurate bullets (maybe 2 MOA) and they are cast from roofing lead with around 2% tin from solder. But my 158 and 125 grain projectiles aren't as accurate made from this alloy. Recently I got some very pleasing groups with the smaller bullets using a 50:50 mix of wheel weights and roofing lead. So thanks for the pencil-testing idea.... I now have a hardness indicating method that will help me in my experiments. Best wishes from New Zealand.

Short, informative and good camera work. One of the best videos I have watched on this subject. Thumbs up! Subed

Your local Dollar Store that carries the BAZIC brand sells a set of these pencils for $1.49 and they work just fine for this.

thanks for posting ! (to TRN of course)

And I’m pretty sure in Doug’s hands “it will kill” also 😆