I believe this nickel-plated 7 5/8" adjustable wrench is an old-time motorcycle wrench, with a tire removal tip. Can anyone identify the logo clearly stamped at the top?
I can see clearly that there is a logo there, but that is about where the clarity ends. Any idea what it is supposed to be?
Think it is one of the "Snail" logos?
Could be, might be turned wrong side up or something. It looks more like the NBC peacock than anything. That's a tough one.
It's not this snail logo:
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/snaillogo.jpg)
You guys gave it a good effort. To me, the logo looks like a bunch of cherries, or lichee nuts, or longan, in which case the logo might be from the Far East. Are we collectively out of our depth on this one; are we ready to chalk this one up as a beautifully finished orphan with an unknown logo? Whaddya think?
No other markings of any kind?
Although it's an "auto-wrench", I've never actually seen one quite like it and I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been IDed yet given that uniqueness...
I've seen that logo someplace before. I just can't remember where. Annoying!
Looks like part of a chrysanthemum flower, or a statue of Buddha.
Therefore Japanese. Maybe from one of their motorcycle manufacturers.
CCould it be a distorted version of this klogo (look at the small versions shown on tools further down on the page)...might be a reach...
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/general/shaw2.htm
I think I see the llogo you mmight be referring to. Good page anyway. I love the original 'wireless' tools poster at the very bottom.
Buddha? Snail Brand logo? Distorted "Governor" symbol? These are all well within the parameters of a working definition for the term SWAG. As Pete Rathbone, Bus and other wrench worthies have wisely concluded, there are Orphans in the wrench world. This beautifully finished bicycle/motorcycle wrench is hereby accorded "Orphan" status for the nonce.
It may turn out that this is a wrench for a rarely-exported motorcycle made somewhere, and some time ago, in the Far East, say China, North Korea, or Southeast Asia. The stamped image is botanical not mechanical,
I have been researching the obscure logo on this wrench today. I can, under a magnifying glass, define a stylized "SB" in the lower part of the logo. If that is in fact the maker's intention, the wrench could have been made for something with tires produced by Scripps-Booth. Does anyone have any tools from a Scripps-Booth auto tool kit?
Wow, I've looked for an hour... can't find that damn logo...... great, I'll be dreaming of finding it tonight!!!!!
cheers, bird
I found plenty on Scripps and the auto business, but nothing on that logo. They were responsible for some strange designs in autos.
Noel:
The Scripps-Booth 20-foot long V-8 motorcycle was their strangest creation by far. Outside of that, the only Scripps-Booth things I ever saw were Scripps-Booth inboard marine engines (conversions?) on old mahogany speedboats.
Bob
Not even close.
Yep! I saw the Scripps-Booth emblem yesterday, and it would be a stretch to interpret the strange hieroglyph stamped on my pretty wrench as a serious interpretation of that emblem.
So what is this wrench's provenance? It is too well made to be just a "one off".
Nope, it's not a one off. I *have* seen the logo before -- kinda hard to forget -- but I sure forgot who it was.
Here is the Auto-Go
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bi-Autogo.jpg/679px-Bi-Autogo.jpg)