John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase braided middle and heavily weighted

braided middle and heavily weighted end

holding back a door like a good guardian

but very nicely carved

1900 or so

How much nicer to use this old hourglass timer than one's phone to track the minutes while boiling an egg

John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase braided middle and heavily weightedOne of my very favorites of the week, and definitely among my very favorite tool finds ever. This is a one of a kind 24 inch folding ruler, proudly signed by the John Schulz of Detroit, USA who made it, and who I might guess was a machinist of some sort. I believe it is made of nickel, very shiny, with incised lines marking every 1 8th of an inch, and the inches marked with numbers written out in tiny dots. A really sweet combination of sleek form and