Marking tool with wear rims

A tool useful for marking and constructed of a flexible material, including:

• a flat member having a structural layer of a predetermined shape with first and second parallel surfaces;
• said structural layer having marking edges perpendicular to said first and second parallel surfaces for measuring, aligning and marking;
• a first wear rim along said marking edges extending a uniform distance away from said first parallel surface of said structural layer;
• a second wear rim along said marking edges extending a uniform distance away from said second parallel surface of said structural layer;
• a plurality of first marking indicia on and extending away from said first parallel surface along said first wear rim;
• a plurality of second marking indicia on and extending away from said second parallel surface along said second wear rim;
• wherein said first wear rim extends away from said first parallel surface a greater distance than said first marking indicia extend away from said first parallel surface;
• wherein said second wear rim extends away from said second parallel surface a greater distance than said second marking indicia extend away from said second parallel surface;
• wherein some of said first marking indicia continue into said first wear rim by being depressed into said first wear rim.