Quote from: wrenchguy on April 02, 2013, 08:04:39 PM
Around here and i guess other areas of the country AB's are collected by ironworkers, maybe because of generation ties to the company. i know most i-w apprentices here always look 4 'em. good luck.

Iron workers are the biggest collectors of spud wrenches from what I've heard.  An ironworker friend collects them.  Forget the most collectable makers.

FWIW--  "H" might be Hargrave, a maker of striking tools (hammers, punches, chisels, etc).  I have no history on this company/brand, but I've picked up several stiking tools with this name on them and have picked up similar tools with the "H" on them.

Does anyone have any knowledge of Hargrave?

Hargrave was a brand name used by Cincinnati Tool Co, which eventually changed it's name to Hargrave Co.

Usually the H is in a circle, I havn't seen it otherwise.

They made a fair variety of things, brace sockets, C clamps, wood clamps, etc etc, but I don't recall ever seeing a reference to them making spuds...

  " Indeed the 7/8 is the bolt shank size making this wrench pre-depression maybe??"
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Yeah, this one probably is , however many Spud / Structural wrenches continued to be marked with that sizing system well after everything else had switched to the modern system away from all that U.S.S  S.A.E. A.L.A.M etc. mess.

Quote from: HeelSpur on April 02, 2013, 04:59:38 PM
Last Saturday my buddy bought a 16" spud with a claw like on crow bar on the other end.
Not sure if I've seen that variety before or not.

I got a good look at what I thought was a spud today and its an old crow bar that had been ground down to a point on one end. Who ever done was really good too. No wonder I've never seen a variety like that.

Thanks everyone for your efforts on the origins of this wrench.  I'l p[ass the url on to the owner.

DM&FS

The H is for Heavy, as in the bolt is a heavy hex bolt.  Heavy bolts have heads and nuts 1/8" bigger than a regular bolt.

Mark

Quote from: Mark on May 04, 2016, 08:23:24 PM
The H is for Heavy, as in the bolt is a heavy hex bolt.  Heavy bolts have heads and nuts 1/8" bigger than a regular bolt.

Mark

I do not think that is even close to being the meaning of the H on this tool, mark.

Mark is correct in the sense that structural bolts (usually marked A325) do have larger bolt head and nut dimension than standard bolts, but I tend to agree with Pawpaw that it's doubtful that that is what the H is referring to.

 Herbrand also made spud wrenches,  they had Herbrand spelled out.


and also one was listed as Herbrand that had the H in a diamond,


google; Herbrand spud wrenches

Quote from: turnnut on May 05, 2016, 09:28:07 AM
Herbrand also made spud wrenches,  they had Herbrand spelled out.


and also one was listed as Herbrand that had the H in a diamond,


google; Herbrand spud wrenches

Correct, if Herbrand the H would be in a diamond.  Never seen it another way.

The "H" was added to the underside and was not part of the forging die.
Likely not a manufacturer ID as that would probably be on the top side and part of the die.

'Hardened' is a possibility as is 'heavy'.
Owner ID is another possibility.

 or at the end of the day, the steel worker was checking his tool belt before going home.

" oops, I've got Harolds or Hanks spud wrench, I wonder who has mine ? "