Beautiful Old Heavy Brass Drafting / Carpenter's Triangle two boys A few tiny dings and

A few tiny dings and rough spots but overall terrific condition

with a few tiny tiny chips along the top edge

which naturally tilts a bit upward

It appears to be signed/initialed on the underside of the base but I can't make it out

Beautiful Old Heavy Brass Drafting / Carpenter's Triangle two boys A few tiny dings andSo many beautiful tools in the world! (And I'm in the dark about how to use most of them!) I would guess this old brass triangle was used by a carpenter, or a framer (?), through would certainly look very lovely now sitting atop a pile of papers on a drafting table, or a studio table now. I especially love the the raised rectangle near the 30 degree angle, which would allow one to rest a ruler against it to draw a straight line in the opposite