Ken Talks Tools 1 - Foreign Measures (2008)

The best way of mining Ken Hawley's vast knowledge of tools and their making was to sit him down in front of an array of material from the Collection. This is one of a small series of films in which he shares his passion for tools and tool making.
In a world now dominated largely by standardised measuring systems, Ken explores the wide variety of foreign measuring scales and how they were used in a variety of different measures. Ken's unique style and knowledge blend to enable a fascinating and knowledgeable short film.
The film was produced originally by Jeff Warner.
The film was produced from material recoded in 2008 as part of the 'Working with the Collector' Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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[@enriquekahn9405]

One of my favorite rabbit holes is the variation between pre-metric measuring systems

[@davidbarnes241]

How wonderful to see him enthuse about our heritage. I have a Chinese tailor’s linen tape in inches and metric and it’s far different to our imperial one, now I know why.