Adjustable Wrenches

[OilyRascal]

Mr. lbgradwell had me in the mood to dig through adjustable wrenches today.  I was able to capture a few pictures while I had them out.  These are adjustable wrenches I have acquired via purchasing over time that have been hung on the garage wall w/o cleaning and w/o use.  It does not represent my workers, those I've inhereited, or those from the "Oily Shop" (in other words - all trade candidates minus Thorsen and Nye).  I will capture the others as well sometime in the near future.  Enjoy, and please don't beat me up because I've not yet cleaned them.



Craftsman (my apology for crap picture will snap another if someone needs/wants)



Thorsen, Thorsen/Allied, and Allied



Nye Tool (previously posted but again for the sake of grouping)



Williams



Miscellanious (from the top:  Sparta 12", Power-Kraft 12", Blue-Grass 10", Task Force 10", Herbrand 10", Ridgid 8", Malco 8", Kraeuter 8", Unknown maker - German made 8", Fuller 8", Wizard 6" (which I should have already given to my dad).



Proto (3x 10", 3x 8", 2x 6")



Diamond



Crescent

[lbgradwell]

Nice collection!

(Now get out there & clean them up...)

[OilyRascal]

I almost neglected two that sit on my desk.  One from Papaw (non-working) the larger 2-1/2" does work though I'm not proud of it's COO.

[HeelSpur]

No wonder I can't find any :-) nice collection.

[amertrac]

   MR. SPUR  WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR  i have boxes and boxes of over 6 in that i will trade or sell . As most here know i am interested in all 4 in and under bob w.

[amertrac]

I almost neglected two that sit on my desk.  One from Papaw (non-working) the larger 2-1/2" does work though I'm not proud of it's COO.

What is the mfg. of the 1/2 inch adj?  bob w.

[OilyRascal]

A few more adjustable wrenches that missed the round-up yesterday.









AND several duel marked

Garrett Supply / J.H. Williams
Proto / Plvmb
Fleet / Penens  (7/22 Edit to correct spelling of Penens)

[Dakota Woodworker]

My meeger collection pales next to this.  Most of what I have are users.... most of them were found,  several along the roadside.  Now there's an idea...what tools have you guys found along the road?

[amertrac]

I found a hand type tool box with snap-on tools ScatTered all over . I took about a half hour to pick up the tools -- missing about 6 sockets FROM 1/4,,3/8,,1/2 sets of ratchet ext ans sockets and about 20 wrenches, hammer pliers and several screwdrivers. I  advertised on cl having found a box of valuables on that road.   I GOT SEVERAL CALLS SAYING MY JEWRLY BOX WITH JEWLRY IN IT WAS LOST ON THAT ROAD ONE CRAFTSMAN TOOL BOX WITH CRAFTSMAN TOOLS,OND ONE LOST A LOCK BOX WITH IMPORTANT PAPERS.  after a month  MY SON ENDED UP WITH THE TOOLS AFTER I FILLED IN THE MISSING SOCKETS NEW FROM THE SNAP-ON TRUCK. BOB W.

[john k]

Along the roadside, or in the street, not a lot but.    Asian import visegrip like tool, went back to get it thinking it was made here in Nebraska, no such luck.   Snapon 7/16 boxend wrench,  SK 1/2in. wrench.   Ten inch crescent sticking out of my muddy road, still have it, some,,, uhmm, years later.   Best find was a black finish, Snapon 1-1/4 combo end wrench.   Second best find was a Snapon 3/4in. drive  socket, about 1.5 inch, right between some shops, I spent a few minutes asking around, could find no owner.  Sorry thats all I've found.

[Branson]

Not ON the road, but IN the road, I found  an old pick head, and dug it the rest of the way out.   Happened about 50 years ago, and I still have it somewhere.  Also not on the road, but found lying about was an old Kentucky bit ax head.  It was on the ground, no sign of a handle, in an old abandoned graveyard in the mountains.  I put a straight handle on it and used it at Sutter's Fort for years.  Still got it too.

[Wrenchmensch]

I found this 8 inch Diamond Calk Horse Shoe Co. adjustable in January, 1954 in a snowbank alongside the roadway of the old Western Gateway Bridge that took NY Route 5 from Schenectady across the Mohawk River to Scotia and beyond. I cycled across that bridge's sidewalk twice a day to get to school and back home.

[OilyRascal]

I found this 8 inch Diamond Calk Horse Shoe Co. adjustable in January, 1954 in a snowbank alongside the roadway of the old Western Gateway Bridge that took NY Route 5 from Schenectady to Scotia and beyond. I cycled across that bridge's sidewalk twice a day to get to school and back home.

You have some serious class!

ONE of the things I realized, only after putting the Diamond's side-by-side, was distinct changes in the logo of wrenches; specifically the presence or absence of a "T" or Hammer looking markings inside the triangle in the logo.  I note yours has it present.  I could not find information explaining it or it's timeline.

[lbgradwell]

ONE of the things I realized, only after putting the Diamond's side-by-side, was distinct changes in the logo of wrenches; specifically the presence or absence of a "T" or Hammer looking markings inside the triangle in the logo.  I note yours has it present.  I could not find information explaining it or it's timeline.

The T/Hammer is supposed to represent a calk. The logo changed when the name changed in 1958...

[Wrenchmensch]

Rascal:

Thanks for the kind remark!  My take on the little embossed mark within the horse shoe is that it is a calk.  See the picture below, and see if you agree.