24" Joiner's Rule – Made in the USA

Special introductory offer: Purchase this ruler before December 15 for the introductory price of $29. Brass-bound wooden rulers were once a staple of a woodworker's toolkit. Many of these rulers were hand-stamped and inked to make the marks as easy to read as possible. Because of the rise of the tape measure and the failure of American ruler manufacturing, the 24" joiner's rule has disappeared from both the marketplace and the North American toolbox. We decided to try to bring back this handy tool. So we worked with the last domestic manufacturer of traditional wooden rules to create a special one for woodworking. These 24" rulers are based on an example found in a joiner's chest from the late 18th or early 19th century. These hard maple rulers are made on manual equipment that embosses the wood with the vertical markings and the numbers. Then the ends of the ruler are bound in brass for durability. Here in Covington, we manually cut in the two horizontal lines that help your eye immed