Rules

2 boxwood scale rules, includes:
1 x good clean rule marked 'V.B. London Make', measurements are marked out in inches.
1 x rule marked 'Posts, 1301, U.S.ST'D'. Rule is marked out in inches and has a chip to either end of rule.

Boxwood folding rule marked 'Trade Mark Hockley Abbey, No. 1390, Square, Line'. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall. One section of rule has a brass slide, slide is very stiff when adjusting. The rule is warped, when shut one side or rule is raised 3mm above the opposite side. Either side of rule has some staining marks.

A boxwood folding rule with brass fittings marked 'J.Cohen, Shilling Rule. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall. Retains a single locating pin.

A boxwood folding rule with brass fittings and bevelled edge. Rule is marked Bxwood Warranted and is marked out in inches up to 24" long to either side of rule. Has a small chip to one edge of rule. One end of rule is sprung when in the shut position. Retains both locating pins.

Zig zag rule no. 1612 made by Rabone that is marked out in feet and inches.

A 24" long contraction rule for Aluminium made by J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, England, no.136. Rule is marked double contraction aluminium 1/38, contraction aluminium 1/77.

Tool may differ very slightly from photo.

A 24" long contraction rule for Iron made by J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, England, no. 24. One side of rule is marked standard contraction for iron 1/120, reverse side is marked standard double contraction for iron 1/60.

Tool may differ very slightly from photo.

Boxwood folding rule with brass fittings made by Hak & Co, London. Either side of rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long. Retains all 3 locating pins. Rule is misaligned / sprung, also has some movement to hinge.

A 24 inch long contraction rule marked to one side ' London 3/8" to foot, London 7/16 inch to foot', reverse side is marked 'London 1/4 inch to foot, London 5/16 inch to foot'.
End of contraction rule is marked with the previous user's initials.

Boxwood folding rule with brass fittings marked 'E.Preston & Sons Birmm Eng, EP Trade Mark, Warranted Boxwood'. This old Preston rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall, also has measurements to hinge. Rule is sprung when closed.

Boxwood folding rule marked 'John Rabone & Sons, Birmm, Warranted Boxwood', also marked 'RPB'. Either side of rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long. Lacks one locating pin. Rule is slightly mis-aligned when closed.

An old 20 inch long boxwood dipping rule appears to be marked 'Dring & Fage Makers, Toolby London Bridge'. Retains 2 locating pins, has some staining marks.

Folding boxwood rule marked J. Rabone & Sons Birmingham, England, Warranted Best Boxwood, no. 1247, also marked lines squares. The brass slide rule, unfortunately is no longer slides. Retains 1 locating pin, has a small chip to edge of rule. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall, also marked with angled measurements to hinges.

Boxwood calliper with brass fittings made by J. Rabone & Sons, Birm, no. 4465.
Either side of rule is faintly marked out in inches up to 4" long.

A little folding rule marked Hockley Abbey Trade Mark, made in England, no. 1150. This little rule retains two locating pins, has some staining mainly to outside face of rule. Come with original leather case (poor condition case with tear). Rule measure 12" when fully extended and is marked out in inches.

An old 36" long folding rule marked Pat'd 12.13.1910, Pat'd 7.29.1913, Pat'd 11.2.1915, Pat'd 12.24.1918. One side of rule is marked outside measure that measures from 1" up to 36" the reverse side is marked inside measure and is marked from 8" up to 44".

An architect's boxwood folding rule with German silver fittings made by Bemrose & Sons, Derby. Hinge is marked B & S. LD. R.O. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall. Good clean inside face, outside of rule has some marks and discolouration (see photos). Retains two locating pins.

Boxwood folding rule with brass fittings marked Rabone no. 1166, Warranted Boxwood, Made in England. Either side of rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall. Rule is slightly misaligned when shut. Lacks locating pin.

Boxwood folding rule with brass fittings made by Rabone, no. 1375, made in England. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall, has some discolouration to outside face. Lacks locating pin

2 rules made by Faber Castell, includes 2 rules one of which is a precision slide rule. Both rules are in excellent condition and come with original cases and instruction booklet.

Boxwood folding rule marked J. Rabone & Sons Birmingham England, Warranted Best Boxwood, 1930. Has some staining to outside of rule. This old rule is marked out in inches up to 24” long overall and retains its locating pin.

Folding boxwood rule marked J. Rabone & Sons No. 1379, Birmingham England, Warranted Best Boxwood. This old rule is marked out in inches to both sides up to 24” long overall. Outside face has some discolouration good clean inside face, retains locating pin.

A boxwood folding rule marked E. Preston & Sons B’Ham Eng, Trade marked EP (Preston logo) Warranted Box, also marked Hayward Hookey & Towell. When closed the rule is slightly sprung, outside of rule has faded slightly with some marks and staining. Inside of rule is clean and clearly marked and has bevelled edges to insides of the rule, hinge is marked with some angled measurements. The measurements are marked out in inches on both sides up to 24” long overall. A nice old collectable Preston folding rule that maintains one locating pin.

An old boxwood rule marked John Rabone & Sons Birm, Warranted Boxwood, no. 1377. Has some ware / staining to outside of rule. This old John Rabone folding rule is marked out in inches up to 24” long overall.

An old architects ivory rule with German Silver fittings. Rule is marked J. Rabone & Sons Birmingham, rule is bevelled on all edges. There is some discolouration, has a number of scratches to outside of hinge, lacks locating pin also has 2 chips near centre of rule (see photo). Rule measures 24” long overall.

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A four fold 24” architects rule marked “J Rabone & sons, Makers, Birmingham”
Rule in boxwood with hinges and fittings made from German silver, main hinge has 180 degrees marked halfway across hinge. Slide to one outer section of rule, one pin missing to inner edge of rule and one pin missing to face of hinge. The rule has some wear / chips out of rule caused by pins, rule is slightly sprung approx 1/16” (2mm).
Some small dents / marks around pin to main hinge.
Rule is wasted to inner edges and has various measurements and scales including on outer edges of rule.

A collection of 3 Chesterman rules, collection includes:
1 x Rabone Chesterman folding rule no. 1161, marked out in millimetres up to 1000mm long overall, slightly sprung when shut.
1 x Chesterman rust less steel rule no. 1309 marked out in inches up to 12” long overall.
1 x Rabone Chesterman rust less steel rule no. 10R marked out in inches up to 12” long overall.
All three rules are very clean.

Boxwood foot measure marked T.Temporal, marked with sizes 1 to 14 and up to 12 inches to underside. Has chip to one side of the measure. Has had very little use.

An old boxwood rule with brass fittings marked The John Williamson Co Ltd 12 Gerrard St London. This has a 1/4" scale running up to 24” on each leg, rule measures 6” to each leg overall.

Boxwood folding rule marked Rabone GPO 1957 Made in England Boxwood, Rule is marked out in inches up to 24” long overall. Retains its locating pins.

Architects folding boxwood rule no. 1246 made by J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, England. This old rule has a slide out brass rule marked out in inches. Rule is bevelled on one side. Rule is marked out in inches to both sides, also marked ‘8 Square’ & ‘Line’, also marked with angled measurements to hinge which is also marked with the previous user’s initials. Retains one of two locating pins. Slightly misaligned when in the closed position. The recess where the brass rule sits has had a fine shaving taken off the edge by the previous woodworker.

Architects folding boxwood rule no. 1246 made by J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, England. This old rule has a slide out brass rule marked out in inches. Rule is bevelled on one side. Rule is marked out in inches to both sides, also marked ‘8 Square’ & ‘Line’, also marked with angled measurements to hinge. Retains locating pins. Slightly misaligned when in the closed position.

Boxwood folding rule made in England by Rabone no. 1375, also marked with the ministry Crown and dated 1938. Rule is marked out to both sides in feet and inches. Slight movement to centre hinges. Lacks locating pins.

Four fold boxwood rule marked Rabone, made in England, no 1166, Boxwood. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24". Rule is sprung slightly when shut. Outside face has faded, has a good clean inside face, retains locating pin.

Boxwood folding rule made by Preston marked E. Preston & Sons Trade Mark EP Birm Eng no. 3815 Warranted Boxwood. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24” long. , has one bevelled inside face that has two chips. Has some staining to outside face. Retains locating pin.

Folding rule made by Preston marked E. Preston & Sons Birmingham, Trade Mark EP, Warranted Box. This old rule is marked out in inches up to 24” on both sides of rule. Rule is slightly sprung, retains locating pin.

Two boxwood foot measures / shoesticks, includes:
1 x foot measure by George Barnsley & Sons Sheffield,
1 x foot measure by Smallwood Makers Birmm.

A scarce well made Tates Pitchometer made by F. Robson, Newcastle On Tyne. Designed to measure the right pitch and angle on a propeller. This pitchometer is made from boxwood and possibly German Silver that is stamped '4'. Face is marked out in inches, reverse is marked with a table and is marked '60 minutes Equal 1 degree, Dia in feet, pitch in FMMT, (see photos).

Boxwood folding rule made by John Rabone & Sons Birmn, no. 2550. One side of rule has a round edge. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long overall. Has two hairline cracks 20mm long close to hinge.

Boxwood architects folding rule with brass fittings no. 1106 made by Rabone. Either side of rule is marked out in inches up to 24" long. Rule is slightly sprung when shut. Retains all 3 locating pins.

An old boxwood folding rule with brass fittings marked John Rabone & Sons Birmm, Warranted Best Box. Either side of rule is marked out in inches up to 24 inch long overall. Has some discolouration mainly to outside edge.

A rolling rule with brass running wheels. The tools marked Harling, measures 458mm long overall and comes with the original wooden box. This item is made from brass with a black finish.

2ft folding boxwood rule no. 1119 made by Rabone. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24 inch long overall. Hinge is marked with angled measurements.

Boxwood folding rule made with brass fittings by J. Rabone & Sons Birmingham England, Warranted Best Boxwood. Rule is marked out in feet and inches up to 24" long overall, hinge is marked with angled measurements. Once section of rule was made with a bevelled edge. Retains locating pin.

Boxwood folding rule made by Preston marked E. Preston & Sons Birm Eng no. 3114. Rule is marked out in inches up to 24” long. Retains locating pin.

Boxwood and brass calliper made by Rabone, edge of calliper is marked J. Rabone & Sons Makers. Brass rule is marked out in both millimetres and inches up to 4 inch.

Folding rule / zig zag rule no. 1612 made in England by Rabone. Rule is marked on both sides in feet and inches up to 6 feet long overall. Has a saw cut to the outside of the rule when folding up

Boxwood folding rule marked Trade mark Hockley Abbey, made in England, no.11591. Rule is marked out in inches to both sides up to 24” long. Rule is slightly misaligned when closed. A good clean rule that’s probably had little use, retains its locating pin and measurements are clearly marked.