Sweet wrench, but no info on it

[Mitch]

Got this sweet thing at the flea market for 1.00. I've tried searching for it, but can't seem to find anything on it. Anyone know about it? Says Star manufacturing Co. Carpentersville,ILL.U.S.A. with a circle P on reverse side.

Ok, no matter what I do, I can't get the pictures to post. Go to my Photobucket at amg42866 and look under unknown wrench. I'll keep trying to get the to come up, tho.

[Mitch]

Trying again....

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[Mitch]

The only thing I can come up with on the Star Manufacturing Co. was that it was acquired by the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company back in the mid 1860's. It was an agricultural  machinery company. That's all I'm coming up with for now.

[Mitch]

So, a guy in Uruguay, South America has the exact same wrench he found under a railroad bridge in a river. Getting more curious

[Charles Garrett]

WE used to export a lot of Ag equipment  esp to Argentina and S America in general, Also Europe back then.

[Billman49]

A Star plough (plow to you) was made by the Ames Plow Co of Boston c 1905 - see Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques
By C H Wendel link: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yXvhTqg1R0wC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false

The same source shows the Star name used by several other machinery makers for other items such as reaper/binders...

and finally, changing the search from Star to Carpentersville, page 282 shows the Star Mfg Co in 1892 - see also the Bird trade name, as well Common Sense, Killarney King and Butler (there may be others but it is past midnight UK time, so I'm off to my bed...)

[mvwcnews]

STAR Mfg., Carpentersville, ILL made a variety of hardware items.   Their version of the ELGIN adjustable alligator wrench  includes the STAR five-pointed star trade mark.  At the time they were making the ELGIN  wrench, their ads were featuring plow shares.
So the wrench could have been a "go with" for one of their larger hardware products.