ANTIQUE DARLING, BROWN & SHARPE 24" STRAIGHT EDGE RULE 8ths 10ths & 1/4" GRADS

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ANTIQUE DARLING, BROWN & SHARPE 24" STRAIGHT EDGE RULE 8ths 10ths & 1/4" GRADS
USA SHIPPING ONLY.....WE OFFER A 7 DAY RETURN POLICY, BUYER PAYS FOR RETURN SHIPPING UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.....
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FROM A SMALL COLLECTION OF LIKE ITEMS IS THIS DARLING, BROWN & SHARPE 24" RULE/STRAIGHT EDGE MARKED IN 1/8th INCH, 1/10th INCH AND 1/4 INCH GRADUATIONS...MARKED DARLING BROWN & SHARPE PROVIDENCE R.I. U.S. ST'D ...IT HAS THE DIMENSIONS OF A RULE 24" LONG, 1 9/32nds" WIDE, 3/32nds" THICK...
HERE IS SOME INFO COPIED FROM THE INTERNET; "The business now conducted by the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. was founded in 1833 by David Brown and his son Joseph R. Brown. David Brown retired in 1841 and the business was continued by Joseph R. Brown until 1853, when Lucian Sharpe became his partner, and the firm of J. R. Brown & Sharpe was formed. The Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. was incorporated in 1868. The manufacture of Steel Rules and other tools of precision was begun by Joseph R. Brown in 1850. In 1852 a similar line of work was begun by Samuel Darling and, in 1866, the partnership of Darling, Brown & Sharpe was formed, the business being carried on under that name until the partnership was dissolved by the purchase of Mr. Darling's interest in 1892." (Brown & Sharpe small tools: Catalog no. 34, pg. 4). ...
THE FLAT SIDE WITH THE 1/8th & 1/10th GRADUATIONS, AND THE SIDE WITH THE TAPERED EDGE HAS THE 1/4 GRADUATIONS...
THIS ITEM WAS IN USE UP UNTIL FIVE OR SO YEARS AGO...
I ASSUME IT HAD BEEN CLEANED MANY TIMES DURING IT'S LONG YEARS OF SERVICE...YOU CAN SEE A FEW SPOTS OF FAINT PITTING AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS...IT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE ALMOST AS FOUND...AS WERE MANY OF THE ITEMS FROM THIS LOT, THEY WERE WRAPPED IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE BROWN KRAFT PAPER SOAKED IN SOME TYPE OF A STIFF OIL/WAX/GREASE MIX THAT WE HAD TO CLEAN OFF WITH MINERAL SPIRITS & PAPER TOWELS TO TAKE THE PHOTOS...THE RULE LAYS FLAT, THE EDGES ARE STRAIGHT...
YOU ARE BIDDING ONLY ON THE ITEM (S) AS SHOWN IN THIS AUCTION...
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IF THE SHIPPING COSTS YOU PAY ARE MORE THAN OUR ACTUAL COSTS, (postage, insurance, wrap, non USPS box, etc.)
YOU WILL RECEIVE A REFUND ON THE OVERAGE....YOU ONLY PAY WHAT IT COSTS US
THE SHIPPING MARKUP COVERS THE INSURANCE COSTS WHEN APPLICABLE...BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR YEARS AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN HAPPY WITH IT...
SHIPPING AND HANDLING......
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...SHIPS IT ANYWHERE USA, PRIORITY MAIL, BOXED AND CONFIRMED,
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WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON EBAY.
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