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.
Yes, I saw that. They also made one about 5 or 6 feet long to hang in the front of the classroom.
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:
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My father was a mechanical engineer at a steel mill and taught drafting at a local college. I remember all the K&E stuff he had and I carried a K&E slide rule when I was in college. It's amazing when you think about all the magnificent machines and civil engineering projects that were designed with a drawing board, some big sheets of paper, a pencil and a slide rule. My father had a mechanical calculator on his desk at the steel mill engineering department and I remember watching the marvelous contraption shift the button laden carriage shift back and forth while making happy clicking and clunking sounds. 30 years later, I picked one up out of a junk pile and adopted it, promising I would protect it from harm. I couldn't keep my promise, I lost it in a move 10 years ago. Poor thing, probably thinks I abandoned it,.......sniff.
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Hi, You make feel old. I still have one in leather case. My son civil engineer often look at it with awe. In his HS math course he used to look at it and played with it. I also have a Japanese pocket slide rule made from bamboo.
I think your post is missing some context. Why do you mention your Dad's tools on a usenet list? Are you executor of his estate? Are these offered for sale? Listed on Ebay?
My father was an EE, so the slipstick was what stuck. ;-)
Most of these companies couldn't make the transition from slipsticks to calculators. There aren't many buggy whip manufacturers left, either.
Talk about missing content...
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