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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Mel Larsen on August 04, 2012, 11:12:30 AM

Title: Interesting wrench
Post by: Mel Larsen on August 04, 2012, 11:12:30 AM

Here is a wrench I picked up at a yard sale,  I think it is a early pipe wrench but not sure,  The name on it is hard to read but I think it says "The ELGIN" with a patent date of ??.9.97.   It is chrome plated.  The thing hat has me puzzled is the hole in the handle and the flat and indent on the end of the handle.  On the moving Jaw it has a stamp "Extra Jaw 25¢
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/lugnut/Tools%20for%20Tool%20Talk/IMG_0956.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/lugnut/Tools%20for%20Tool%20Talk/IMG_0948.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/lugnut/Tools%20for%20Tool%20Talk/IMG_0949.jpg)

Title: Re: Interesting wrench
Post by: Bus on August 04, 2012, 12:49:05 PM

Patent date should read "June 8, '97". The hole in the end of the handle is for a die holder. See lot No. 10 in the photo below from the 2010 Wrenching News Doug Busch Auction for a complete set in a wooden box. Lot 11 shows one without the die holder option.

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/busch-2010/busch-008-20.jpg)

Title: Re: Interesting wrench
Post by: Papaw on August 04, 2012, 01:37:14 PM

Yep, you have the body of an adjustable alligator wrench.

Title: Re: Interesting wrench
Post by: Yadda on January 23, 2015, 05:30:09 PM

I picked up an Elgin recently.  Mine does not have the fittings to hold dies in the handle.

Title: Re: Interesting wrench
Post by: Papaw on January 23, 2015, 05:35:25 PM

Look at 12, 13, and 14.

Title: Re: Interesting wrench
Post by: mikeswrenches on January 23, 2015, 06:37:31 PM

No. 14 that is shown looks like it has a Keen Kutter mark.  It is a Bonney patent rather than an Elgin.
I have one that was made by Kraeuter.

Mike