Someone sent me this picture to ask if I could identify it. It’s not something I’ve seen before and apparently it’s not on the Veritas website.
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Unusual Steel Rule?
- Thread starter Bill Alston
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Hook ruler. I have 6" and 12", both from Veritas. They are my go-to's for small distance measurements.
Printers and machinest use hook rules. Starrett will make them, probably quite expensive. PEC makes them (Taytools website and Amazon), and Woodpeckers has a version. Probably others, too. Check the tick marks, some may measure in 10th/100ths vs the 1/16" type fractions.
I've got "regular" PEC 6" and 12" metal rules from Taytools (or was that the Harry Epstein website? Another fun site to peruse.). They are black bodies with white etched markings. I like this, the white ticks are very easy to see and concentrate on, esp. at the 1/32" mark. $9.95 (non-hook, but black body), a discount price due to a mfr. blemish that you'll not see.
I've got "regular" PEC 6" and 12" metal rules from Taytools (or was that the Harry Epstein website? Another fun site to peruse.). They are black bodies with white etched markings. I like this, the white ticks are very easy to see and concentrate on, esp. at the 1/32" mark. $9.95 (non-hook, but black body), a discount price due to a mfr. blemish that you'll not see.
12" Products Engineering 4R Rigid Black EZ Read Tempered Ruler 8ths/16ths 32nds/64ths (780086)
12" Products Engineering 4R Rigid Black EZ Read Tempered Ruler 8ths/16ths 32nds/64ths (780086)
www.harryepstein.com
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Thanks all, I knew someone on here would know!
I have some of those, other brands. Quite useful. This one's metric and imperial.
Can't have too many ways to measure things!
JKJ
Can't have too many ways to measure things!
JKJ
Nice. I’ve passed the information on. Lee Valley make these as well so maybe they’re available over here.
Amazon US has hook rulers. Not sure about UK.
Yes, I found one on Amazon’s UK website.
Lee Valley sells what seem to be the same "Veritas" rulers, but now under the name "Utilitas". Don't know what's up with that.
I have a 6 foot Starrett hook rule with a removeable hook.
According to Google:
"Utilitas products are not the same as Veritas, though they are related.
- Utilitas is described as the "down-market" or "not Veritas" brand used by Lee Valley for products that don't meet the strict criteria for the premium Veritas brand. These criteria include being a novel design (not copied), made in North America, and designed by Lee Valley, according to the Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community.
- Veritas represents Lee Valley's premium line of products, generally adhering to the aforementioned criteria.
So perhaps there was a name change because the design is not novel. Though I do think my Veritas rulers are excellent.
When I ran a newspaper press we had those all over the place with scales in inches, picas, and a couple others. Everybody called them pica poles.