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Offline skipskip

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A sad rule
« on: November 11, 2025, 12:16:49 PM »
I found this Stanley #39 folding rule last week.

Made of Ivory

sadly one part was broken years ago

nov144 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

nov146 by Skip Albright, on Flickr
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Offline geneg

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Re: A sad rule
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2025, 02:52:13 PM »
Out of all of them I own, I don't have any ivory ones.  Probably my luck if I ever find 1 in the wild that it would be broken too.  No matter- it's still a great find.
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Re: A sad rule
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2025, 06:57:32 PM »
Neat find. 
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: A sad rule
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2025, 12:38:56 PM »
I wonder what the benefit of ivory was?  Not, obviously, strength (note, though, that I've seen plenty of broken boxwood rules).  Stability?  Ease of reading?  Or just bragging rights?
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Re: A sad rule
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2025, 05:59:25 PM »
I have always assumed stability and a bit of bragging rights, but there may be a good reason.
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