Auction wrench brags and questions

[skipskip]

Todays auction was better than usual , and I got a few new toys.


First , two wrenches, Universal is for small tractor or lawn mowers?


and the 206 is farm equip? , gas bottle?


FEB 014 by skipskip, on Flickr



We did this one recently, but I have CRS, is it  hair tool? kitchen?

Looks like a musket ball maker,but it's solid inside.


FEB 012 by skipskip, on Flickr



And the last one is just for fun.

Lionel 1931 number 248 electric style engine


FEB 013 by skipskip, on Flickr

[john k]

206 sure is shaped like a gas bottle wrench.  The Universal, might have been some farm machinery named that?   Or is it short for Universal Fits-All.   The tongs are hair straighteners, were heated in a lamp chimney or on a stove.  Anyway is what we deduced earlier.   The Lionel, darn good shape for its age.  Had a thing for model railroading in another life. 

[Neals]

Rathbone pg 446 lists the Universal as Universal plow co of Canton Ohio. sold by Ames plow co.
From the picture there should be an E12 at the end of the L. Universal was incorporated in 1883.