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Title: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: bird on July 10, 2016, 12:38:12 PM

dug this up... it's in nice shape in leather pouch... that's my extent of knowledge .... well, on this subject.

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: bill300d on July 10, 2016, 01:34:22 PM

Not a clue but its a nice one.

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: Lewill2 on July 10, 2016, 05:25:07 PM

Nice looking tool. Is that a flip up cover over the inside jaws?

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: bird on July 10, 2016, 05:37:14 PM

yep, sure is.... it's one of the things I dug out of the shop in this house I'm working on :) It seems really high quality to me. ... doesn't say starrett or anything, but it's a nice one.

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: chips on July 10, 2016, 07:10:48 PM

Are those marks on the end 4 symbols or numbers? 

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: bird on July 11, 2016, 08:33:40 AM

They look to be symbols.... japan, china, etc ? Come on guys , who reads Japanese?  You folks know everything else, I'm quite disappointed in you :) !!!

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: chips on July 11, 2016, 11:11:21 AM

Interesting!  I don't read Japanese, but the circle type symbol next to the 4 looks identical to a symbol I've seen on Japanese bayonets. 

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: turnnut on July 11, 2016, 11:42:56 AM

 could have been brought home after the war ???

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: chips on July 11, 2016, 03:55:21 PM

I found a similar one described as an artillery caliper.

http://griffinmilitaria.com/cgi-bin/imcart/display.cgi?item_id=d801&cat=12&page=2&search=&since=&status=&title= (http://griffinmilitaria.com/cgi-bin/imcart/display.cgi?item_id=d801&cat=12&page=2&search=&since=&status=&title=)

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: turnnut on July 11, 2016, 05:04:27 PM

 and they want $110.oo.

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: Plyerman on July 11, 2016, 09:38:22 PM

I almost hesitate to ask.......but what would an artillery caliper even be used for? Surely they didn't have to measure the size of the projectile and the size of the gun barrel out in the field to make sure they would fit, did they?

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: bill300d on July 12, 2016, 12:23:34 PM

Quote from: Plyerman on July 11, 2016, 09:38:22 PM

I almost hesitate to ask.......but what would an artillery caliper even be used for? Surely they didn't have to measure the size of the projectile and the size of the gun barrel out in the field to make sure they would fit, did they?

I was also curious as to the correlation.

Title: Re: caliper.... who made it?
Post by: turnnut on July 12, 2016, 02:06:15 PM

for an idea as to the possible use of an artillery caliper, try this site about "ammunition inspection guide"

pattonthirdarmy.com/techmanuals/TM9-1904.pdf

some good info there in the booklet by the War Department - 1944