Went back and rummaged through the rusty dollar-a-pound pile at my local recycling yard and found this gem, a 1920's BOG 9/16 speed wrench, marked "Superior-BOG-Quality". A small victory for me as it's my first BOG tool. I'm amazed at what some folk turn in for scrap.

I was talking with a fellow last Saturday who works at a scrap facility.  He is a tool guy, as well.  Said that anything that came inside the fence was company property and that the employees were not allowed to take anything home--or even to buy anything.  Lots of great things are lost forever.
It more than a little frustrates him.  The company won't even have "garage sale days." 
The company says it is a liability issue.

that Bog wrench is equal to the Walden BS18    Walden 6018  AND THE Walden 6218  which were made for the Ford model-T
to be used on the transmission cover nut and engine base nuts.   plus as they advertised; any other use found for it.

around 1916-1926 

with the short wood handle, I would lean toward 1916-1919

Quote from: Northwoods on April 13, 2016, 06:20:44 PM
I was talking with a fellow last Saturday who works at a scrap facility.  He is a tool guy, as well.  Said that anything that came inside the fence was company property and that the employees were not allowed to take anything home--or even to buy anything.  Lots of great things are lost forever.
It more than a little frustrates him.  The company won't even have "garage sale days." 
The company says it is a liability issue.

I have a scrap yard across the street from my shop.  I've offered as much as 4x scrap for buckets of old tools and they refuse to sell them.  Makes no sense to me whatsoever.