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Started by HeelSpur, December 05, 2012, 05:14:49 PM

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HeelSpur

Does this say No. 1 1/2?





Alloy artifacts has a #1 shown so do these come in half sizes like it seems to look?
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Papaw

I think I have a 1 1/2, I'll try to look tomorrow. I have larger alligators that have 1/2 on them.
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I found one of those 1-1/2 size alligators a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=6463.0

You can faintly see BULLDOG on the side marked No 1 1/2.
You wrench is the same as mine.
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At some point in the early 20th Century,  1 1/2 as an alligator wrench size got connected to that single alligator wrench with multiple square nut sizes in the handle. 
A similar wrench appears in a 1902 KEYSTONE ad with size 1 1/2:
( http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvwcnews/8304818874/in/photostream ).