Posted 8 years ago
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This brass-cased boxwood 12" rule has me stumped as to maker & I'm hoping someone here can help. Stanley made a similar one, but it was a No. 32. Craftsman did as well, but it was a No. 36. Lufkin's version is more the ducks-bill style on the caliper.
This one shows only "118" on the inside end of the caliper (located in red circle in photo) with no maker visible anywhere and, I would think, should be clean enough to still be visible.
Any thoughts/possibilities from the resident tool experts?
The number 118 on the slide should also appear somewhere inside the slide channel. It is to insure that during the various finishing operations this slide remains with the rule it started out in.
And so there is! In checking that out, I took a closer look under a loupe and can discern a very worn maker's mark on the rule between the 10-12 inch marks, but it is unreadable.
So - still hoping for an ID
If you remove one of your pics and post a clear close-up of the mark somebody might recognize it from what's visible.
S'ok... here's a photo (last one above) showing the numbers '118'. I can barely make out the fact there *is* something printed on the rule itself (even using a loupe), much less capture it in a photograph.
Hope this helps in getting an ID.
Still hoping someone can help with a maker for this rule.
Some of the Stephens, Chapin-Stephens, or Chapin ones look similar but...
Thanks for the input, ravage60.
Nice Caliper Rule. There is a total of three or 4 depending on how you count of companies that put the slot on the Caliper. Start oldest was Chapin "73", Stephens Square Joint Caliper is a "99"and then became Chapin Stephens aka C-S is the standard 32 1/2 . Upson Nut had the slot as well but again a 32 1/2.
On thing I do notice is the back of the caliper is not completely graduated, which is not my 2 H Chapins ( one has a had hinge on one leg) .. So yours is somewhere around mid to late 1800's..
How wide is the actual body , the Chapin is 15/16 of an in Slightly narrower than a Stanley at a full inch. The Upson but is actually the narrowest at 14/16.