The classic Hultafors Inch-Centimeter Wooden Folding Ruler 61-2-10 is a folding ruler that is beautiful to the eye and a joy to use. Spring-loaded tape measures will be easier to use, but will not give the same satisfaction or sit proudly on your desk or work bench.
Construction is from downy birch and Swedish steel joints. The birch is coated with a water-based clear lacquer to protect the wood against warping, and the end grain is painted bright red. The ends of the ruler are capped in brass to prevent the wood from chipping out.
The scale on this ruler reads in both inches and centimeters, and the scale is printed on both sides of the wood sections.
The ruler is 9.5" long when folded and 78" long when extended fully.
If you hate the metric system because it is based on the inferior number 10 and not the superior number 12, and you want a ruler with only inches on it, check out the Hultafors Inch Wooden Folding Ruler 78-2-12, which is nearly the same folding wooden ruler but reads only in inches.
Hultafors Part Number - 100504U
Universal Product Code - 7315291005010
