Beautiful Old Heavy Brass Drafting / Carpenter's Triangle two boys 6" x 6 " x

6" x 6 " x 1 1/4"

which naturally tilts a bit upward

I've had a couple of snuff boxes with puzzle type lids like this one

and sold as found in an old wooden box with fake grass inside

I'll never ever tire of the charms of drawings like this

Beautiful Old Heavy Brass Drafting / Carpenter's Triangle two boys 6" x 6 " xSo many beautiful tools in the world! (And I'm in the dark about how to use most of them!) I would guess this old brass triangle was used by a carpenter, or a framer (?), through would certainly look very lovely now sitting atop a pile of papers on a drafting table, or a studio table now. I especially love the the raised rectangle near the 30 degree angle, which would allow one to rest a ruler against it to draw a straight line in the opposite