Jim told us how tools are keeping him young, and asked about a rule, to 
which Chris replied:

> Hi Jim, welcome back!
>

    Yeah, what he said.

> I have Lufkin catalog # 104 here. I can't find a year on it, but my guess is
> about 1930 - 1945. It lists #8151 as a "Taylor's curve stick".  I believe
> these were used to measure the distance between the floor and the bottom of
> the hem of a lady's dress.
>

    Why curved?

Regards,
Steve