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W. F. STANLEY & CO. LTD. 
Quote Stanley’s ‘A’ Catalogue 
STANLEY DRAWING INSTRUMENTS 
Wherever Drawing Instruments are used the name STANLEY is a 
household word synonymous with the best obtainable in design, material 
and craftsmanship. 
One hundred years of experience is behind the manufacture of 
STANLEY Instruments, renowned throughout the century for such 
essential features as rigidity, durability and ease in use. 
Attention has been concentrated recently upon the introduction of 
improved methods of manufacture which have led to lower costs without 
the impairment of quality. It will be observed that the prices in this 
catalogue compare favourably with the prices of other first class makes. 
The whole range of our Drawing Instruments has been reviewed with 
the object of concentrating on three patterns of instrument, and offering 
these as being the best of their kind at the lowest price compatible with 
our recognised standards of quality. These three patterns comprise :— 
(1) STANLEY Hand-Made Drawing Instruments. 
(2) STANLEY Machine-Made Drawing Instruments. 
(3) “ ALLBRIT ” Stainless Drawing Instruments. 
Hand-Made Drawing Instruments are unsurpassed for rigidity and 
durability. Their joints give a precision and smoothness of action un 
equalled by any other type. 
STANLEY Machine-Made Drawing Instruments are designed to permit 
mass production of components. They are more slender and lighter than 
the Hand-Made pattern and lower in cost ; they are more extensively 
used and generally considered highly serviceable. 
The “ ALLBRIT ” Stainless range is of simpler design than the Stanley 
machine made pattern, but is subject to the same high standard of 
assembly and inspection. 
SEPARATE INSTRUMENTS 
For those customers who desire to make up their own sets, or who for 
a limited price would rather have a few good instruments than a full set of 
second q -ality, we offer cases without internal packings. These can be 
specially fitted to take any selection of instruments. 
STAINLESS INSTRUMENTS 
It is generally recognised that good quality stainless steel will not 
temper to a high degree of hardness, and such parts as drawing pens, 
when made in this material, do not retain their fine setting for as long as 
those made in carbon steel. On the other hand, carbon steel has a tendency 
to rust in a humid atmosphere and in contact with corrosive fumes. 
Stainless steel drawing instruments are therefore recommended for 
use particularly in humid climates, but in normal conditions the fine finish 
to our drawing instruments, made of the best carbon steel, renders them 
highly resistant to rust. 
NOTE—The reference to Stainless Steel applies to the Pens in the Stanley Hand 
Made range only. The ‘ Allbrit ’ have a stainless finish but are not made 
from stainless steel.