found this hanging on a wall,after several others passed it off as just another S...different handle and odd name..at lease for me.
i could find nothing other than one that sold on worthpoint..
its a 10' made in newark,NJ
looks like U S & M CO

United Shoe and Machine company.

Quote from: stanley62 on October 31, 2015, 11:00:42 AM
United Shoe and Machine company.

Were they in Newark NJ?

EAIA lists it as United Shoe Machinery Co. in Boston, MA.  All of their wrenches I have seen are marked USMC, and the ones I have seen are DOE or SOE.  I think this company is a different one.

i did start looking for newark,NJ...but only found boston....maybe usmc started in nj....would this wrench be a casting,opposed to forged?

Quote from: international3414 on October 31, 2015, 05:06:58 PM
...would this wrench be a casting,opposed to forged?

Look at the parting line and let us know the answer.

I've seen a couple of these U.S.M. ..adjustable "S" wrenches -- the ones I've seen were drop forged.  United Shoe Machinery was formed by merging all the shoe manufacture related machinery makers & eventually held a monopoly.  Although headquartered in Boston, the company had operations in several locations & also was incorporated in New Jersey.   I have not been able to verify that they owned a tool making operation in Newark, but they certainly were big enough to have done so.

If you pull up the company in DATAMP, the patents for "tool" (grinder) related items list the address in Paterson, NJ.

ok thanks...i have been watching some video on drop forging...not a fun job