I tossed a low bid on this (cute wrench factor, and under 4 inches, too) and accidentally won. But what wrench is this? What did it go to?
looks like a wrench that hangs on a piece of farm machinery that needs to be adjusted often. bob w.
Might be a snath wrench.
Thanks, Papaw. I didn't know that there were adjustable snaths. ( WTH is a snath?)
Quote from: johnsironsanctuary on April 07, 2013, 12:14:23 PM
Thanks, Papaw. I didn't know that there were adjustable snaths. ( WTH is a snath?)
lol
Snath's are what you take the green never-before-been-in-the-woods campers out to hunt in the dark ;P
Or... http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=345.0
I forgot. The older guys used to take us out at night on the turnip truck to hunt snaths .
OK, while Papaw takes his daytime nap, I looked it up.
snath (snæθ) also snathe (sneɪð)
n.
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
[1565–75; unexplained variant of snead (Middle English snede, Old English snǣd)]
Those were snipe we used to take greenhorns out to hunt.
Quote from: Papaw on April 07, 2013, 08:34:15 PM
Those were snipe we used to take greenhorns out to hunt.
Remember the snipe hunt in Home from the Hill? Great old movie.
Well, when it gets here I'll search it for marks, and I'll measure between the jaws. I hope it fits something old that I use...
They usually have no marks at all.
Quote from: Papaw on April 08, 2013, 08:22:13 AM
They usually have no marks at all.
I suspected as much, but a guy can hope.
You usually adjust the blade, or the tholes, rather than the snath - at least on the scythes that I have. Tholes sometimes are made so that you can turn them by hand, re-position, and re-tighten, but the blades almost always have square nuts that you have to remove to set the blade angle, or to change blades. The "snath" is that funny-curved long wooden piece, and the "tholes" are the two short straight handles that jut off of it; "blade" should be adequate for anyone who belongs on this forum!