Wonderful (Almost) 8 Inch Handmade Wooden Ruler Japanese graphic dsign with decorative brass plate around

with decorative brass plate around the keyhole and simple brass swinging lock cover is my favorite I've seen

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It appears to have some years on it

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Wonderful (Almost) 8 Inch Handmade Wooden Ruler Japanese graphic dsign with decorative brass plate aroundIt looks to me that this ruler was made entirely from scratch, though I suppose it's not impossible that it's a heavily made over old one. In either event, each inch has been marked with a small carved (perhaps pyrographed) triangle, cumulating as one goes, such that one could read it with one's fingers rather than one's eyes! Other details appears to be executed in graphite, including the division of each inch into eighths, an "Eagle" logo at the