Attached is a picture of a 6 inch Pexto monkey wrench pulled off the web.  Last weekend, I picked up an 8 inch monkey wrench that looks virtually identical, except that it is marked:

SAMSON
PS & WC
MADE IN U.S.

Since I still can't access Alloy Artifacts (download too slow according to my server) I wonder if anybody here can give me more information about the manufacturer.

You have probably already done this but maybe you need to clean your internet files, cookies, and history. Any time I have the type of problem you describe this procss solves it for me. Just a thought --- hope you solve the problem.

BTW the pic isn't showing up for me. But since the old site went away I haven't had much luck with pics

>PS & WC

These are just the initials for the same company, Peck,Stow & Wilcox Co, AKA Pexto

The 'Pexto' martk was registered in 1914, your wrench may be from before then....

From AA: "The Peck, Stow, & Wilcox Company was organized in 1870 by a three-way merger of the Peck, Smith Manufacturing Company, the S. Stow Manufacturing Company, and the Roys & Wilcox Company"

is it this wrench?

Quote from: rusty on June 25, 2011, 01:18:59 PM
>PS & WC
These are just the initials for the same company, Peck,Stow & Wilcox Co, AKA Pexto
The 'Pexto' martk was registered in 1914, your wrench may be from before then....
From AA: "The Peck, Stow, & Wilcox Company was organized in 1870 by a three-way merger of the Peck, Smith Manufacturing Company, the S. Stow Manufacturing Company, and the Roys & Wilcox Company"
is it this wrench?

I couldn't find your picture either, but the information you provided seems conclusive.  It's a pre-1914 wrench by Peck, Smith, etc.  Thanks for identifying it for me.