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Bowls - set of 4 black composite bowling balls bowling balls are made of an early black composite with white insets, both large and small inserts have dots in a row from 1-4. No maker is noted but has A1605 stamped into them with the first date stamp…

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made from an old wooden Yard ruler (Rabone) has inch increments mark into the wood in black has a brass circular hinge at one end and curved point on the other.

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2 small hand made peg/pointers of a soft light coloured wood with of white cotton cord

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Dark stained oval shaped block of wood with a slot cut in the top with a small round tape measure locked in place by a screw from the side the tape is incremented in inches and the tape has 2 small metal strips stopping the actual tape from moving up…

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Long brass cylinder holding two lengths of flat steel. There is a gnurled brass knob that slides up the length of the cylinder. As it does so it pushes out the flat curved lengths of steel that open up and out. There is a loop at the base end of the…

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Hand made flat aluminium spool wound with string. The string is threaded through a hole in one pointer, and is fixed to a second pointer.

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Flat spool wound with cotton cord and two small turned bobbins. One bobbin has a hole through which the string is threaded and the other has a hole with the string secured by a knot. Possibly re-purposed tatting bobbins. Spool and pointers appear to…

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Two aluminium pointers. One has two holes through whcih elastic is threaded. The other has a single hole through which the string is attached with a knot.

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Measuring tool with small spool wound with string and attached to two bobbins. One bobbin has two holes throught which the string is threaded and the other bobbin is attached to the end of the string.

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Plastic tape case with metal tape divided in to inches. Case sits in elongated oval wooden base that is mounted on a circular plinth. There is an arrow shaped pointer that extends from the rear. The tape case features "Craft tested Han-D-Man Made in…
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