Somebody mention ratcheting OE wrenches?

[bonneyman]

Picked these up out a box full of old stuff. I thought the notched open ends were cool!

I'd be interested in seeing any other brands of this style of OE wrenches, so, post 'em if you've got 'em!

[kxxr]

Here's a Husky version:

And Thorsen made one called the Speed-Hed: I even have an old Blue Point of similar design:

There's the Alden:

A craftsman with a little moving peice on one side:

Armstrong:

Facom:

Then there's these oddballs, I never could find out much about them:

And the recently discovered LockJaw:

And many, many more; even Snap On and GearWrench have versions.
What's really strange is that almost all if not every one has a different patent number.

[bonneyman]

I did see one of the Speed-Hed wrenches in the pile, but didn't take it because it was bent.
The FACOM wrench - didn't Craftsman make an OE like that, too? I think it was called the "Snake Bite"

[kxxr]

I could find the 'snakebite' trade mark:

and a Napa branded example:

[Jim C.]

Picked these up out a box full of old stuff. I thought the notched open ends were cool!

I'd be interested in seeing any other brands of this style of OE wrenches, so, post 'em if you've got 'em!

I really like those old Craftsman wrenches!!!  95% of my everyday user wrenches and sockets are Craftsman.  I had no idea that Craftsman made an older version of that ratcheting pattern.  Those are really great!!!  Lucky find for sure.

Jim C.

[kxxr]

Those posted by Bonneyman look like =V= vintage. Here is a more recent design, just slightly different, still Craftsman:


There must be dozens and dozens of these designs out there.
Here's another shot of the Craftsman version, the one with the little moving part on one side of the opening. It's hard to see but it's there:

And here's the Asian "Ratchet Master" with a moving part on both sides of the opening which allows the 3 wrenches to fit 24 sizes, oh yeah!:

[kxxr]

Here's a better shot of the little springy thingy inside the Craftsman DOE:

[RLT]

Cornwell  Line wrench and a ParX of course.

[64longstep/Brian]

I have a set of the Craftsman and the Lock Jaw and use them both…
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