The Tool Wall
Straight edges
The long, true line. Four rules from a shared zero — inch, metric, both on one tool, or cork-backed to grip the sheet.
T-squares
A fixed head and a straight blade: right angles you can pull against. Standard, heavy-duty, and stainless drafting — hung from the rail.
L-squares
Two calibrated legs and one exact corner. Full scale for the cutting table, half scale for reduced pattern work.
Curves
For the lines a straight edge can’t draw. The French curve turns tight technical transitions; the hip curve sweeps long garment contours.
Triangles
Template triangles with fixed working angles — the two geometries drafting is built on.
Specialists
Instruments built around one exact job: a ruler whose width is the cuff depth, a rule whose zero sits in the middle, and scales that count publication lines.
The ruler’s own width is the cuff depth — mark the same cuff on every leg, every garment.
Zero sits in the middle, so the center reads directly — no arithmetic at the bench.
Agate and pica scales count publication lines — the tool is the conversion.
Black engraved
Orientation-specific black anodized rules with silver engravings — configured for which edge you cut against and which way you read. The Orientation Lab resolves this family.
Each family compares on the fields that actually decide it — construction where construction differs, geometry where geometry differs, orientation where orientation differs. Nothing else.
