John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase 3 1/16" across at spout

3 1/16" across at spout

4" long x 2 3/4" in diameter

braided middle and heavily weighted end

) to the woman on the cozy bench beside him

John Schulz's Wonderful One of A Kind, Hand-Engraved 24 Inch Metal Folding Rule, Detroit USA Moakley vase 3 1/16" across at spoutOne 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