Boardman's Patent wrenches

[Plyerman]

I just recently found an 8-incher! (on the left) It goes well with the 6 inch and the 4-1/2 inch. I wonder how many (if any) of the rumored 10 inch models were produced?










Patented on July 10, 1866 by Byron Boardman of Norwich, Connecticut. Also references a May 30, 1865 patent by a Mr. A.W. Park, whom also happened to hail from Norwich, Connecticut. (this all according to info from Datamp) http://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=56166&id=13746&set=5





Mr. Boardman's patent is remarkably similar to Mr. Park's patent, and the two gentlemen lived in the same town, and their patents are only about one year apart. I cannot help but wonder if their relationship was cooperative (perhaps they worked in the same shop?) or was it competitive? (hey, that SOB copied my invention!!)

[mvwcnews]

 ..... according to DATAMP ...

Mr. Boardman's patent is remarkably similar to Mr. Park's patent, and the two gentlemen lived in the same town, and their patents are only about one year apart. I cannot help but wonder if their relationship was cooperative (perhaps they worked in the same shop?) or was it competitive? (hey, that SOB copied my invention!!)

As the DATAMP steward responsible for the PARK & BOARDMAN patent entries, I was only trying to generalize the relationship.  Since BOARDMAN was the first maker and added the pipe gripper, etc. to the original tool it is understandable that his name became attached to it.   Did Boardman buy the patent outright? Did PARK get royalties from BOARDMAN  the way Daniel Stillson did from Walworth?   Unless someone comes up with some documentation that demonstrates the relationship between PARK & BOARDMAN, we can't know for sure.

[scottg]

A 10 would be nice alright,  but where'd you get that 4"???
 Drooooooooooooool
    yours Scott

[Lewill2]

Nice group, I like all of them and a 10 inch would be nice if it exists.

[Plyerman]

Thanks for weighing in Stan! I'm sure we'll never know the whole story, but it is interesting to speculate about.


The 4-1/2 incher came to me in a bit of horse trading. I would have given more for it, but fortunately a deal was reached before I reached my max offer. As regards the 10" version....well, there is mention of that size in an old advertisement, but did they ever actually make any?

[Nolatoolguy]

Very nice find :)

Does anyone know why the 6inch one has a grove running through the thumb screw? I am guessing there different dates, an over years design changed????