Lovely Old Hardwood Drafting Triangle wool and cotten wrist in hand

wrist in hand

As a historical document

It shows a few small surface chips along the right edge of the "front" and some more on the "back" but who cares

I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging)

Lovely Old Hardwood Drafting Triangle wool and cotten wrist in handI find that things go in wavesthis is the second old wooden drafting triangle Ive found in as many weeks, perhaps because finding the first reminded me what satisfying things these are, so Ive had an eye out. And this is really a pretty one the wood is lovely and in great shape, with many many years of precise line drawing left in it. Lengths of the sides are: 12 1 2, 10 7 8 and 6 1 2. A couple of old black ink stains as pictured, which in this case I