Antique School Slate with Hand-etched Lines and Numbers (and Carved Initials) things to hold other things or a camp counselor

or a camp counselor

13" long x 9 1/4" deep x 4 1/2" tall

and there are a couple of dark spots on the wooden handle

but historians now believe it is highly unlikely

Antique School Slate with Hand-etched Lines and Numbers (and Carved Initials) things to hold other things or a camp counselorLike stone fruit and bone dominoes, I love old school slates but am very particular about which ones! I think they're beautiful things to begin with, but am interested in ones that are distinctive and were personalized in one way or another. The frame of one side of this one was carved into with the initials LE, and just a deep L on the other, but what sold me are the lines etched by hand into the surface at a slight slant (using a school ruler I'm