Wonderful (Almost) 8 Inch Handmade Wooden Ruler Japanese graphic dsign I don't know the story

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It appears to have some years on it

"Good humour is pleasing"

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Wonderful (Almost) 8 Inch Handmade Wooden Ruler Japanese graphic dsign I don't know the storyIt 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