The Other Measuring Tools

[TomG]

(12-01-2018, 05:20 PM)Downwindtracker2 Wrote: You certainly could be right, Tom. My understanding was they were invented in the late twenties or early thirties, though I wouldn't bet a dime on it. And certainly at my age that iron trap memory has sprung a few leaks. I don't think patients from USSR were much honoured, or vise versa .So we both could be right. I did make a mistake, mine is a Dawson brand. Chinese no doubt. I guess I should known, it came in a nice  wooden box. Russians can't make those.

That's what a basic patent search turned up, but like you say that's only for the U.S. The B&S one I had was in a leatherette box with purple velvet lining. Seems kind of weird for B&S, but it was cool just the same. They must have been proud of it.

Tom