Author Topic: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb  (Read 2827 times)

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Offline stanley62

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Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« on: September 18, 2011, 07:57:20 PM »
Its usually Plombs that follow me home, but this Bonney looked nice and old...Its a DBE labeled 2805L on on side and ZENEL?  on the other?   Is this a keeper?? Bonneyman??  Anyone??

  Jim
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2011, 10:29:07 PM »
I have the newer, full polish style from when Bonney was owned by Triangle Tools. Same number, though.

I'd keep it. 1/2" x 9/16" is a good pair to have, and the decent offset works in alot of places.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2011, 10:36:20 PM by bonneyman »
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Re: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2011, 10:36:08 PM »

Yup, keeper, Zenel was Bonney's early alloy steel brand, good steel too...
(Don't assume it is missing chrome, some were sans chrome...)

And as bonneyman says, the offset is nice on those, I have  certain bonney's and some short Indestro's just because of the deep offset's...
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Offline Fins/413

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Re: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2011, 08:45:56 AM »
I have partial sets of the later Bonneys, both metric and SAE and would rather use them than the SO versions I have.
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Re: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2011, 02:40:53 PM »
I have partial sets of the later Bonneys, both metric and SAE and would rather use them than the SO versions I have.

If you ever find a spare long DBE 13mm x 15mm in 12 pt, I have a home for it.
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Re: Thats a Bonney, not a Plomb
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2011, 04:02:21 PM »
I'd need to find two as I need one also. LOL
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