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Title: Who Made It?
Post by: Knucklehead on June 20, 2017, 06:16:34 PM

Another ghost from the haunted places in my garage. I researched it but found nothing
definitive.  There is a W or M in an octagon(?), and a 6 or a 9, depending which way
you look at it. I believe it's of 19th or 20th century vintage.

While researching it I found another example of a workman's ingenuity; a corn cob
handle!



Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: Papaw on June 20, 2017, 06:32:36 PM
Sore looks like a Girard to me- The Girard Wrench Manufacturing Company was a maker of adjustable wrenches active from 1875 through at least the 1920s. The company was located in Girard, Pennsylvania.
BUT- Yours has the M on it which usually denotes Moore made it.
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: Plyerman on June 20, 2017, 07:01:58 PM
I have nothing useful to add, but I really like that handle :grin:
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: turnnut on June 20, 2017, 08:49:05 PM
 I was also leaning toward Moore drop Forge in Springfield, Massachusetts

  6 or 9  ???  I would say 6  as the wrench is closer to 6 inches than it is to 9 inches.
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Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: bill300d on June 20, 2017, 09:13:22 PM
Moore drop forge is an M in a circle. I don't know if I've seen that mark before. Moline may be?
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: EVILDR235 on June 20, 2017, 11:04:07 PM
Maybe a W and not a M.       Walworth wrench maybe ?

EvilDr235
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: Yadda on June 20, 2017, 11:27:21 PM
I've seen corncobs used for lots of things.  This is another first.
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: Twertsy on June 21, 2017, 03:45:58 AM
Quote from: bill300d on June 20, 2017, 09:13:22 PM
Moore drop forge is an M in a circle. I don't know if I've seen that mark before. Moline may be?

That's most certainly an M and not a W, and like you said, it's not Moore.
Title: Re: Who Made It?
Post by: lptools on June 21, 2017, 04:16:38 AM
If it's not Moore, is it Less?