{"product_id":"antique-ebonised-wood-brass-try-square-steel-blade","title":"Antique Ebonised Wood and Brass Try Square, Steel Blade","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA near black stock, faced in brass and secured with brass screws and pegs, with an owner name punched into the end. The blade has weathered rather than been cleaned, and it has been left that way on purpose. Stripping a blade like this back to bright removes the only surface it has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Dimensions | Stock 4 in., blade 6 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Surface | Stock and brass in good order with warm patina. The blade carries heavy mottled surface corrosion and pitting across both faces, left as found rather than cleaned back\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Primary Material | Ebony or heavily ebonised hardwood stock with a brass face plate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Period | Antique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Date | Late nineteenth to early twentieth century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | England, probable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Style or Movement | Victorian and Edwardian English joinery tools\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Also Known As | try square, joiners square, set square\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Maker, Mark, or Attribution | No maker mark. Owner stamped FLEET to the stock end. No English tool making firm of that name is recorded, so this is an owner mark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Marks | Owner stamp reading FLEET to the stock end\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Construction or Technique | Brass faced stock secured with brass screws and pegs, carrying a steel blade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Secondary Material | Steel blade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe stock and brass are in good order with warm patina. The blade is the condition drag: heavy mottled surface corrosion and pitting across both faces, exactly the surface these tools develop when left alone. The square is sound and holds true. Offered unrestored. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844455006486,"sku":"CCC-90035","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/DSA09249.jpg?v=1789585762","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie-design.myshopify.com\/products\/antique-ebonised-wood-brass-try-square-steel-blade","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}