Beautifully forged and hand ground in Saint-Etienne, Ledin compasses, dividers and calipers may cost a little more than cheap mass produced ones but their rigidity, accuracy and reliability put them in an altogether different league.
Ledin wing compasses and dividers are properly constructed with a heavy duty sprung and riveted box hinge, as you can imagine this arrangement is substantially stiffer than a simple overlap.
The points are intentionally ground to cross rather than meet, this greatly reduces the risk of damaging the hardened tips and does not affect the accuracy of the tool once the points are spread to a position within the working range.
The maximum spread (capacity) is equal to the total length of the arms for an opening of 60° in this case 190mm.
