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Offline chips

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Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« on: March 07, 2016, 06:05:40 PM »
Anyone have any more info on these?  Probably lasting pliers.   It looks like an Eagle logo with "Willman" underneath.  The other jaws read "?R Findunn". Handle reads "?Auffinburg".  Also throwing in a Bonney 9489 wrench.  It doesn't show up on my Google searches.  Any info would be great!  Thanks!


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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 11:16:36 PM »
Dont have any information for you Chip. But that is sure a neat pair of old pliers you have!
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2016, 04:06:24 PM »
Wrench isn't too shabby either.

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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2016, 08:57:56 AM »
Wrench isn't too shabby either.

I agree.

B-shield is old. Could be a military tool. The severe offset and pincer-opening suggest a specialty application.
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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2016, 09:37:53 AM »
At first I thought it was actually much newer.  However, with the B-shield on the shank, and the Hex on the non-business end, I think Bonneyman is correct.  You can check the catalogs on my site but I'm betting that's a specialty tool, probably aircraft, and won't show up in the cats.

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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2016, 09:45:38 AM »
 it looks like it was made to slide onto a threaded bold and drop down onto the nut.

 possibly for a real restricted area, as suggested for military application.  ??? plane, tank ???

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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2016, 01:48:14 PM »
Definitely lasting pliers, but I don't recognize the stampings.
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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2016, 11:14:35 AM »
Hello, I just sold a tool with a similar Eagle? logo. The company was Irvington Hardware. Regards, Lou
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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2016, 12:09:31 PM »
Yabbut, the words there sure look Germanic.

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Re: Need help with markings on very old pliers & Bonney wrench
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2016, 12:49:28 PM »
Hello, Bill,There is an article in Alloy Artifacts, under "Briefly Noted", for Smith & Hemenway, manufacturers & "importers" of various hand tools. They also had a close connection with the Irvington Manufacturing Company of Irvington, NJ. Just food for thought, I am far from an expert, but I am always intrigued by the links between companies, inventors, patents, logos, etc. Regards, Lou
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