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Online Yadda

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SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« on: October 25, 2025, 02:50:32 PM »
Ratcheting wrench set from last weekend's estate sale.  The 9/16 wrench is a Thorsen Speed-Hed wrench. Alloy Artifacts points out Spped-Hed wrenches bear a stocking resemblance to  Vlchek wrenches. The others are Quali-Kraft, a Montgomery Ward tool brand.  They were manufactured in Japan.  Also, per Alloy Artifacts, the Thorsen Speed-Hed wrench is from the mid 50's making it close to 70 years old.  The Quali-Kraft wrenches could be from as late as the 90's.
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Re: SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2025, 04:08:03 PM »
Yes. The Thorsen "Speed-Hed" was a 1950s experiment.
The "Quali-Kraft" stuff was manufactured for Petersen. Originally they were producing product in country, and later went offshore and outsourced it.

Quali-Kraft / adjustable wrench see Petersen Tool Co., El Dorado, KS / first production run was U.S. made / https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=3555939&typeCode=0 /

The Thorsen ad is from 1952
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Re: SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2025, 12:58:19 PM »
A few wrenches and some more ads.
-Don
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Re: SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2025, 01:41:35 PM »
Cool, thanks for rhe info.
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