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Ole - the numbering on your rule is a lot neater - the fractions on mine are all over the place!
Ole - the numbering on your rule is a lot neater - the fractions on mine are all over the place!
Yes, mine is a late 1800's American model. I don't imagine yours is any earlier based on the company & font style, but I can make no claim of any real knowledge in that regard.
"Faint hat never won fair lady."
I have a hatter's rule marked J.R.Mast,co 111 Mercer st NY and it also stops at 8 . Mast was a supplier of hatters tools.
Another interesting difference is the range of hat sizes. They all start at 5 7/8, but Richard's and mine stop at 7 3/4 - while your goes all the way to 8. In the late 1800s that was h-u-g-e!
I have a hatter's rule marked J.R.Mast,co 111 Mercer st NY and it also stops at 8 . Mast was a supplier of hatters tools.
I have been looking for an electric shell iron, does anyone know of any for sale?
It appears to me in your photos John that the material on the block is fiberglass matting covered with epoxy