cool queen city wrench

[skylab]

couldn't pass this up!  When were these made?

[Papaw]

The Bergman Tool Manufacturing Company was founded in Buffalo, New York during the early part of the 20th century. The company was a maker of adjustable wrenches, pliers, and possibly other tools, and their products were sold under the Bergman, "Queen City", and "Blue Bird" brands.

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

I have a set of them in a display.

Bergman Wrench Set by Noel C. Hankamer, on Flickr

[skylab]

That is a nice collection!  Did you buy or put this together yourself?

How about this "blue bird" tool? 

[Papaw]

I chased each one until I had the whole set. Now I am searching for the straight ones.
I have a BlueBird catalog, guess I should PDF it. I have several of the battery tools they made.

[RedVise]

Papaw, does the straight wrench have the same pattern as  the curve wrenches ? 
If so, might be abe to help you out  with as least one of those. Pics?

Brian l.

[Papaw]

Yes they are the same except straight.

[amertrac]

that straight could have been mine. the three marks was mine when i worked for pontiac in the early fifties   bob w.

[Ken W.]

They were made here in Buffalo and yet I never seem them anywhere around here.

[RedVise]

Cant help you Papaw, but I figured out what rang a bell. This DOE has the same styling of the curved handle wrenches.
Brian L.

[Papaw]

That must be a Barcalo.

[Wrenchmensch]

I still get out to an occasional auction at Hill's Auction around the corner on the same hilltop (Flint Hill) as ours. That's where I made a mistake about a Barcalo straight 4-incher, thinking it was a fairly rare straight Bergman 4-incher.  I bid on it, won it (for not much money), and then I discovered my mistake.   

Looking at the two Bergman 4-inchers side-by-side with the Barcalo, it's obvious they are different. The hang hole on all Bergman wrenches is square, and the 4-inch Bergmans do not have the same divided handle design as the larger Bergmans and all Barcalos have. 

[Tool Pants]

Found one today at the flea for $5.  Not finding a patent, other than the patent for the friction lock which was not used on the curved wrenches.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=1378209&id=17824&set=1