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Title: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: lptools on January 04, 2015, 06:12:12 PM

Hello To All. This is my first post. I have a Bonney Open End Wrench, stamped 1030A, 1/2" & 7/8" openings. JS date code with 2 dots , circa 1927(thanks to other members of Tool Talk). Partial decal on one side, CHROME VANADIUM & CV circle logo on other side. Possibly a toolkit item? Military issue? . Thanks, Lou

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: keykeeper on January 04, 2015, 06:31:48 PM

Doubt that it goes back to 1927. Wouldn't be WW1 (too late), and too early for WW2 issue then, correct?

I would think it is 40's-50's vintage.  Specialty manufacture for something with the odd opening sizes.

Curious as to why you arrive at 1927 date?

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: EVILDR235 on January 04, 2015, 07:23:53 PM

Most tools in the 1920s and 1930s were more chunky. Modern tools are much slimmer like yours by using modern steels.

EvilDr235

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: DM11 on January 04, 2015, 09:17:15 PM

Quote from: keykeeper on January 04, 2015, 06:31:48 PM

Doubt that it goes back to 1927. Wouldn't be WW1 (too late), and too early for WW2 issue then, correct?

I would think it is 40's-50's vintage.  Specialty manufacture for something with the odd opening sizes.

Curious as to why you arrive at 1927 date?

I dont know how Lou came to that conclusion but according to AA Bonney date codes it is a 1927 Bonney wrench. Other than the JS date code the raised Chrome Vanadium and with the CV-Circle on the shank, Bonney w/the B shield Made in USA on the wrench face would indicate an eary Bonney Wrench.     :smiley:

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: bonneyman on January 04, 2015, 09:58:26 PM

Yeah the AA site says CV circle was 20's and 30's. By 1940 Bonney had switched over to Bonaloy.
The remnants of that orange decal makes me think late 20's, too.

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: keykeeper on January 04, 2015, 10:18:47 PM

Curious, as standard sizing took effect after 1929, early CV had both sizes marked.

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: keykeeper on January 04, 2015, 10:21:53 PM

AA could be wrong, also. I've emailed whoever the person is that runs it, with nary a reply on several things over the years.

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: bonneyman on January 05, 2015, 02:48:44 PM

Quote from: keykeeper on January 04, 2015, 10:21:53 PM

AA could be wrong, also. I've emailed whoever the person is that runs it, with nary a reply on several things over the years.

So have I. What I have read online is that the owner has lost interest in tools since experiencing a death in the family. Understandable.

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: humber2 on January 05, 2015, 04:19:03 PM

Quote from: bonneyman on January 04, 2015, 09:58:26 PM

Yeah the AA site says CV circle was 20's and 30's. By 1940 Bonney had switched over to Bonaloy.
The remnants of that orange decal makes me think late 20's, too.

That decal is as shown in all the wrenches in the 1934 Catalog.

Chrome plating wasn't around before 1927
http://www.pfonline.com/articles/history-of-chromium-plating

Onlt thing unusual about that wrench is the wide spacing between the 2 jaws.
I'd say it was for some machine which used them two sizes.

Title: Re: Unusual Bonney Wrench?
Post by: Lostmind on January 05, 2015, 04:19:59 PM

Just a guess , but that may be for Ford brakes? 1930's?
1/2" for rear adjuster , 7/8" for hub nut?
Just a guess