Hudson Forge Co.

[HeelSpur]

This is the first Hudson Forge wrench that I've come across. When I first saw it I thought it was a Hudson auto tool.

[skipskip]

I found one in the last couple weeks.

put it with the WTH? tools.

cant find it this morning.

Skip

[johnsironsanctuary]

Alloy Artifacts has some of them, but no history notes. No info in Copes American Wrench Makers. Worthpoint opines that there was a tie to Ohio Tool Co and that Hudson Forge made woodworking planes.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/other-makers-p2.html

[rusty]

Hudson Forge seems to have made wrenches almost exclusively for government contract.

This is the first ISN numbered wrench I have seen tho...

[Wrenchmensch]

Hudson Forge, that I know of, was located in Hudson Falls, NY.  I have found several Hudson Forge wrenches over the years including a DOE wrench and two wooden-handled adjustable pipe wrenches.  In the case of one of the pipe wrenches, the Hudson Forge mark was found on the part of the shaft covered by the wooden handle. Clearly, this wrench was made for someone else.  The other pipe wrench, pictured below, is a 10-inch Stillson with a black-painted wooden handle.  The stamp on this wrench reads, in 3 lines: "STILLSON WRENCH, HUDSON FORGE COMPANY, MADE IN U.S.A." It seems this wrench was made to sell as a Hudson Forge-branded wrench.

[amertrac]

the diagonal cutters are in real good condition .   bob w.

[HeelSpur]

the diagonal cutters are in real good condition .   bob w.

I held them up to the sun and saw no daylight between the cutting edges, a buck well spent.