J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench

[swervncarz]

J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable. Marked Marion Cycle Co. Marion, Indiana. $15 shipped anywhere in USA.

[Papaw]

Ah, the perusing Tool Talk at work in the early morning is great!

PM sent!

[swervncarz]

Sold

[Papaw]

The early bird gets the worm!

[turnnut]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ???  ??? WHAT HAPPENED ???

[Chillylulu]

The early bird gets the worm!

I can't stand the taste of worms anymore.  Had to give them up.

Chilly

[Lewill2]

Mine is marked per my wrench list.

127   Adjustable Wrench, Center Wheel Adjusting Style, J. C. Speirs & Co, Drop Forged, Central Cycle Mfg Co Indianapolis IND, (Central Cycle in business 1892 – 1898) Patent March 26, 1895, Patent #536,301, J. C. Speirs Worchester MA, 4 ¾ Inches Long, Schulz #106

So I guess they sold them to different bicycle manufactures.

[oldtools]

nice wrench!!

[Bulucanagria]

Walden-Worcester sockets brought me to this forum and now I see these. I've lived just outside Worcester for 15 years and I'm wondering if there's something about the city I never knew!

[Papaw]

I apologize for not relating when this Speirs arrived in the mail. I have been laid up for the last week.

This Speirs appears to be early production, marked Patent Pending.
The patent is dated March 26th., 1895.
https://www.google.com/patents/US536301?dq=ininventor:John+ininventor:c+ininventor:Speirs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kf4FVPriB5KfyATPn4GYDA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg

[bear_man]

About that early bird getting the worm...  I've heard it's suggestive of why the worm should've stood in bed.