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Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure
Vintage Tape Measure

Vintage Tape Measure

$129.00

Size:
SMALLER
LARGER

Vintage Tape Measure

  • Vintage.
  • Found in a flea market in Pezenas.
  • Smaller is brass with fabric tape, smaller is brass with fabric tape.
  • Smaller is 2.25" Dia, larger is 3" Dia
  • Listing is for one of the tape measures shown.  Choose your favorite.

Why you'll love it.  

These tape measures were once the tools of a French carpenter. Both tapes have long ago lost their aglets (the metal piece on the end that keeps the tape from rolling into itself.). As a solution, the former owners have replaced the missing piece with a paper clip (larger) and a knot (smaller).  We thing this is a charming nod to the French ethos of making their things last as long as they can.