John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase How much nicer to use

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

) to the woman on the cozy bench beside him

visible from the side as well as the underside

1900 or so

but very nicely carved

John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase How much nicer to useOne 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