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Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed

Started by Bus, June 23, 2012, 07:57:00 PM

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Bus

Anybody know anything about these brands?

The Murray 8 inch Crescent type is marked "Alloy Steel" on the reverse side.

The forged doe-s Westchester wrench is also marked "71-S". I have also seen a straight doe Westchester also.


OilyRascal

From the 1923 Winchester catalog.  Appears to be different in markings.

"FORGED IN THE USA" myself.  Be good to your tools!

Garden and Yard Rustfinder Extraordinaire!
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=3717

stanley62

Oily,

  Marks are different because the wrench is a WESTchester.  The catalogue is a WINchester...

Jim
Always looking for Stanley planes and parts, Mossberg and Plomb wrenches.

OilyRascal

"FORGED IN THE USA" myself.  Be good to your tools!

Garden and Yard Rustfinder Extraordinaire!
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=3717

rusty


There was a Westchester Wagon works/co in New Rochelle NY, 1908, but oddly, there are earlier references to a "Westchester type" wagon in 1864......

I am thinking there was an earlier wagon works actully in Westchester...

Westchester Wagon Works still exists in 1930, so the wrench would be in about the right timeframe then....

(google says New Rochelle is inside Westchester county...)
(OK,ok, I flunked Geography in school ;P)
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.