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Buying, Selling, and Trading => Buying, Selling, and Trading => Topic started by: swervncarz on August 20, 2014, 04:00:15 AM

Title: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: swervncarz on August 20, 2014, 04:00:15 AM

J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable. Marked Marion Cycle Co. Marion, Indiana. $15 shipped anywhere in USA. (http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/20140810_191230_zps003553df.jpg) (http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/20140810_191242_zps55056100.jpg) (http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/20140810_191253_zps45cbf979.jpg) (http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/20140810_191300_zpse04e7450.jpg) (http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/20140810_191317_zps890c90b0.jpg)

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Papaw on August 20, 2014, 04:54:08 AM

Ah, the perusing Tool Talk at work in the early morning is great!

PM sent!

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: swervncarz on August 20, 2014, 05:02:47 AM

Sold :smiley:

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Papaw on August 20, 2014, 05:31:52 AM

The early bird gets the worm!

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: turnnut on August 20, 2014, 01:25:43 PM

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Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Chillylulu on August 20, 2014, 05:26:58 PM

Quote from: Papaw on August 20, 2014, 05:31:52 AM

The early bird gets the worm!

I can't stand the taste of worms anymore.  Had to give them up.

Chilly

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Lewill2 on August 21, 2014, 09:01:09 AM

Mine is marked per my wrench list.

127   Adjustable Wrench, Center Wheel Adjusting Style, J. C. Speirs & Co, Drop Forged, Central Cycle Mfg Co Indianapolis IND, (Central Cycle in business 1892 – 1898) Patent March 26, 1895, Patent #536,301, J. C. Speirs Worchester MA, 4 ¾ Inches Long, Schulz #106

So I guess they sold them to different bicycle manufactures.

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: oldtools on August 21, 2014, 07:24:22 PM

nice wrench!!

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Bulucanagria on September 01, 2014, 11:06:33 PM

Walden-Worcester sockets brought me to this forum and now I see these. I've lived just outside Worcester for 15 years and I'm wondering if there's something about the city I never knew!

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: Papaw on September 02, 2014, 12:31:40 PM

I apologize for not relating when this Speirs arrived in the mail. I have been laid up for the last week.

This Speirs appears to be early production, marked Patent Pending.
The patent is dated March 26th., 1895.
https://www.google.com/patents/US536301?dq=ininventor:John+ininventor:c+ininventor:Speirs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kf4FVPriB5KfyATPn4GYDA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg (https://www.google.com/patents/US536301?dq=ininventor:John+ininventor:c+ininventor:Speirs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kf4FVPriB5KfyATPn4GYDA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg)


(https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US536301-0.png)

Title: Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
Post by: bear_man on September 05, 2014, 03:16:25 AM

About that early bird getting the worm…  I've heard it's suggestive of why the worm should've stood in bed.