LANCE RULERS

DESIGNERS RULE.

Serious measuring instruments for people turning ideas into patterns, drawings, parts, layouts, and built work. Designed in the USA. Made in Korea.

Measure seriously. Make freely.
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25 instruments7 families136 configurations6″–144″

SHARED ZERO — FOUR REAL STRAIGHT EDGES, TO SCALE

STRAIGHT EDGE — INCH · 6″–144″
STRAIGHT EDGE — INCH · 6″–144″
STRAIGHT EDGE — INCH + CM
STRAIGHT EDGE — INCH + CM
SLIP-RESISTANT — BACKED
SLIP-RESISTANT — BACKED
STRAIGHT EDGE — METRIC
STRAIGHT EDGE — METRIC

Seven families.
One exact world.

Open the Tool Wall →
01 Straight edges 4 instrumentsThe long true line → 02 T-squares 3 instrumentsHung from the rail → 03 L-squares 2 instrumentsConstruct from the corner → 04 Curves 2 instrumentsShape the transition → 05 Triangles 2 instrumentsFixed working angles → 06 Specialists 3 instrumentsOne exact job → 07 Black engraved 9 instrumentsConfigure the reading →

THE FEATURED RANGE

Six ways an instrument can be exact.

Choose the job first. Length, calibration, construction, geometry, and orientation follow.

Rule one spanLance Straight Edge Aluminum RulerStraight Edge Aluminum Rule11 configurations · $3.30+Choose → Establish perpendicularLance Heavy Duty Aluminum T-Square with green headHeavy Duty T-Square7 configurations · $29.93+Choose → Construct from a cornerLance Aluminum L-Square for pattern draftingAluminum L-Square4 configurations · $9.50+Choose → Find the centerLance Center Finding Ruler for locating center pointsCenter Finding Rule6 configurations · $3.45+Choose → Shape the transitionLance French Curve for fashion pattern designLance French Curve4 configurations · $8.50+Choose → Configure the readingLance Black Anodized Ruler with top edge left-to-right calibrationBlack Anodized Left/Right Top Edge Rule8 configurations · $7.99+Choose →

ASSEMBLE THE WORK

A working set, not a shopping list.

Change the environment. The instruments change together.

TRUE-SCALE LENGTH WALL

Six inches to twelve feet.

Some work fits in your hand. Some crosses the room.

Straight Edge Aluminum RuleINCH STRAIGHT EDGE · 6″–144″ BLACK ENGRAVED · 12″–144″ Inch and metric straight edgeINCH + CM · 6″–200 CM Slip-resistant straight edgeBACKED · 6″–48″

THE ORIENTATION LAB

Set the rule to how you work.

Choose unit, working edge, reading direction, then exact length.

Open the Lab

FIND YOUR RULER

What line do you need?

Three questions narrow all 25 instruments to one exact match.

Start the Finder

AT WORK

Every idea needs a line it can trust.

Every pattern, drawing, layout, and cut begins with a decision about distance, angle, scale, or curve. Lance designs instruments for those decisions — tools specific enough for professional work and expressive enough to belong in a creative practice.

DESIGNED IN THE USA · MADE IN KOREA
HANDS + STRAIGHT EDGE
Photography drop slot · pulling a blade along a straight edge
CURVE + PATTERN PAPER
Photography drop slot · pencil mid-line

CARRY LANCE — RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS & CAMPUS STORES

Carry the tools designers choose with confidence.

Lance gives retailers a coherent system of purpose-designed rulers, clear product-family logic, exact product identity, and the content required to help customers select the right instrument.

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LANCE PRO — PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATION & GOVERNMENT PURCHASING

Equipping a classroom, production floor, or public agency?

Volume pricing on eligible configurations · formal quotes · a Merrow company, established 1838.

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