Garage Gazette
General Category => GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC => Topic started by: hickory n Steel on August 05, 2020, 02:27:07 PM
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For years I carried a little 24" white one I got at the local farm show as a kid. It was a surprisingly good little American made tapemeasure with great return.
At this point I've dropped it so many times that it's cracked and it was time to retire it.
I love that little tape so much and found it so useful that I actually paid $12 for a replacement on Ebay :-\
This one happens to be red and advertising TEXACO.
Call me crazy if you want but I just had to have another one, it's a small little fella but that's what I like about it. It doesn't take up much room in my pocket and 24" is all I need otherwise I'll grab a regular tape measure.
(https://i.postimg.cc/j5s199gq/20200805-115751.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mc5V1dWK)
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It's such a useful little pocket tool.
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I carry a small one in my back pocket - have for many years. Right now the usual is the 6' Stanley on the left but the other two get some use mostly the 10' if I know I'll need a little more rope that day or am shopping for building supplies. I have a few others somewhere but these are the usual ones.
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An oldie
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I carry a small one in my back pocket - have for many years. Right now the usual is the 6' Stanley on the left but the other two get some use mostly the 10' if I know I'll need a little more rope that day or am shopping for building supplies. I have a few others somewhere but these are the usual ones.
I have one of those Stanley's in the little toolbox I'm my locker at work, I think it's the 6'.
They're definitely nice and thin.
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I like the Stanleys partly because they are thin and partly becaause the tape is black on yellow. Most of the older ones are black on white or black on silver and for me the B/Y contrast is the easiest one to read. Especially if I don't have my reading glasses on.
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I found a mint in package Marx toys pocketools 24" tape measure online for a good price and decided to buy it mostly out of curiosity. Maybe a collectors piece to some, but I'm gonna open it when I get it.
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I know the rest of the MARX pocketools line not actually real no matter how functional they may seem, but how could a " steel tape " not be real ?
I'll bet the spring and tape were sourced from a company making keychain tape measures.
I was so curious I just had to buy it and find out for myself, maybe it will just be a toy but just maybe it will actually be a little gem.
I'm hoping it can be my new pocket tape.
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Although not a mini, I carry this frequently. If memory serves me right it belonged to my grandfather, a self-taught carpenter, Norwegian farmer.
Looks similar to pep's Walsco.