> On Jun 16, 2018, at 11:02 PM, ecoyle@t... wrote:
> 
> saw this in an antique store in Halifax NS
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/49890731@N.../42070461544/in/dateposted-public/
> 
> So intriguing with the filagree casting that I just couldn’t resist. Mis-id’d
as a Craftsman try square, turns out it is  union tool try square circa 1885,
predating the starret patent on a try square
> And it was probably (exquisitly) re-japanned or was never used (not likely)
> Sometimes you jus gotta trust yer gut eh?
> 

Got one. Mine came w/ a Goodell-Pratt rule but the seller id’ed the head as a
Standard Rule Co. design.

Here is a catalog page c. 1890 (about 1/2 way down the page; click to open
images):
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history
/standard-tool-co-chaplins-patent-4-rule-help-
identify-332258/">https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-
history/standard-tool-co-chaplins-patent-4-rule-help-identify-332258/

And two more references:

https://www.antiqbuyer.com/All_Archives/TOOLS_ARCHIVE/archive-SQUARES-BVLS.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=MLLPdr3q-B8C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Stan
dard+Tool+Co.+center+square&source=bl&ots=23qfEbtZg7&sig=gD7sKTjsWDNu3oDWSrFtpUE
3Pnk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ5IPm0trbAhXJqFkKHQpCDC4Q6AEwEnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=
Standard%20Tool%20Co.%20center%20square&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?
id=MLLPdr3q-B8C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Standard+Tool+Co.+center+square&source=bl&ot
s=23qfEbtZg7&sig=gD7sKTjsWDNu3oDWSrFtpUE3Pnk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ5IPm0trbAhX
JqFkKHQpCDC4Q6AEwEnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Standard%20Tool%20Co.%20center%20square&
f=false

Part of the id is that it is a two piece casting. Look for four rivets holding
the thing together where the blade passes thru.

Bill