keith wrote:
On May 21, 11:12 am, Tony wrote:
A K&E (Keuffel & Esser) Wyteface 10 foot tape measure. Looks like they
made some high quality stuff. Unfortunately it probably came home by
"mistake" in his coveralls from his boiler welding job. As a kid we
always had a few of these around. I also have the same brand 50' tape
measure, it's in very rough cosmetic condition but it works well.

K&E was known for making high quality aluminum slide rules.

I remember the K&E logo well from my youth, not so much from slide
rules, but from drafting/surveying work my father did. That logo was on
damn near every precision tool he had, including the long tape, transit
and pole I spent much of my youth lugging for him as he laid out the
houses he designed and built for people. He still has the transit, but
never uses it any more- a laser level and retro-reflective target on the
pole is SO much quicker and easier. Looks like the 'real' K&E went
chapter 11 back in 82, and most of the product lines (the names, really)
got sold off to pay the creditors, like so many 'quality' companies I
remember from my youth. You can still buy drafting supplies labeled K&E,
but who knows who makes them now.

Here is a link to a capsule history timeline:
http://www.antiquesurveying.com/K&E%20History.htm

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