Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to him self hath said,"Isn't that a nice old tool"? (with apologies to Sir Walter Scott)
For your pleasure and to serve your wood working lasciviousness .......
This is a real, live, holy baby Jesus, Stanley #72 folding24" ruler. I more-or-less inherited this tool from my Dad's woodshop and he kinda/sorta inherited it from his step-Dad's shop.
I'm unsure of the date. As I understand it, the 72 was made from the early 1900s up to the '30s. My Dads step father, was born in 1891. So, I suspect the tool is around 100 years old. Works perfect. It's made from brass-bound boxwood, the engraving on the wood is still clear on both sides.
It's a treasure.
Who never to him self hath said,"Isn't that a nice old tool"? (with apologies to Sir Walter Scott)
For your pleasure and to serve your wood working lasciviousness .......
This is a real, live, holy baby Jesus, Stanley #72 folding24" ruler. I more-or-less inherited this tool from my Dad's woodshop and he kinda/sorta inherited it from his step-Dad's shop.
I'm unsure of the date. As I understand it, the 72 was made from the early 1900s up to the '30s. My Dads step father, was born in 1891. So, I suspect the tool is around 100 years old. Works perfect. It's made from brass-bound boxwood, the engraving on the wood is still clear on both sides.
It's a treasure.