#4 bulldog alligator

[HeelSpur]

This is the largest one I have come across, do they make them larger?
This is 22" long.





I like the backwards N.

[Bus]

They made two larger. a No. 4-1/2 and a No. 5.

[HeelSpur]

They made two larger. a No. 4-1/2 and a No. 5.

Thanks, do you know the lengths of those?

4 1/2 is 24".

[turnnut]

in the 1895 Chas. A. Strelinger & Co. reprinted catalog, it list nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, &  5

they write;
the Alligator Wrench is sold very extensively, and is particularly useful in turning pipe
or round iron in narrow spaces.

No.         price      length      holds pipe                   holds round iron
1             $0.25      5"          1/8" - 3/8"                    1/4" - 3/4"
2             $0.70    10"          5/8"  -3/4"                    1/2" - 1"
3             $1.40    16"          1/2" - 1 1/4"                 3/4" - 1 3/8"   
4             $2.10    22"          1 1/4" - 2"                    1 1/2" - 2 1/2"
5             $3.15    27"           2" - 3"                         2 1/4" - 3 1/2"

The Always Ready DE Alligator Wrench
no. 1         5"   45 cents
no.2          7"   65 cents
no.2 1/2    9 1/2"   $1.00
no.3          11 1/2"  $1.40
no.4          5"  40 cents
 (no.4 is the same as no. 1, but is thinner.

thiswas 1895, they might have changed some in size thru the years.     

[mvwcnews]

The lengths & jaw openings seem to have been standard. A 1942 catalog listing showing ARMSTRONG brand alligator wrenches reprinted on pg. 5 of the Dec. 2002 MVWC Newsletter shows #0 - 6" ; #1 -  7 1/2" ; #2 -  9" ; #2 1/2 -  12" ;  #3 - 15" ; #3 1/2 - 18" ; #4 - 21" ; #4 1/2 - 24" #5 - 27"
A 1917 catalog listing showing W&B "Bull Dog" alligator wrenches (June 2004 MVWC Newsletter, pg. 17)  has No. 2  through No. 5 with the same lengths and capacities, but no "half" sizes.

[Plyerman]

Is the "N" supposed to be backwards?

[Papaw]

It happened quite often. No great addition to value.