Fortuna No 4(?)0

[Bulucanagria]

So I have this tool here. I know how it's used but I don't know what it's called. I found nothing about it by Googling. One side says Fortuna and the other possibly says "No 460" but the 6 appears mangled maybe.

Any ideas?

[EVILDR235]

Maybe a bung wrench for opening 55 gallon drums.

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[Bulucanagria]

Maybe a bung wrench for opening 55 gallon drums.

Which reminds me that I need to provide scale when I ask about stuff like this.
The semi-circular end is 1-1/8" wide. The entire tool is 5" long.
That's probably pertinent information.

[Lostmind]

I call them Spanner wrench. Seems every one knows what I mean.
Maybe different name in your part of the country.

[Bulucanagria]

I call them Spanner wrench. Seems every one knows what I mean.
Maybe different name in your part of the country.

That's the word I was looking for!

I don't know for sure what they may be called up here in New England but since I grew up in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky it makes sense that I'd have the same name for it, even if I couldn't remember it.


And I still can't find any info about this specific wrench. That must mean that it's either rare or garbage.

[lauver]

Gang,

The big end is a "fixed pin spanner" and the small end is an "open end" designed for square headed bolts, nuts, or lag bolts.  This double end wrench has probably got some age to it and probably has a specific purpose (i.e. specific piece or type of equipment).

[rusty]

There was a company named Fortuna Machine Co, in NY around 1920 that made electric drilling machines, also a German company ( Fortuna Werke , Stuttgart,recent) that made grinding machines...

Unfortunatly pin spanners are fairly old, and have changed very little over the years..

[Bulucanagria]

Unfortunatly pin spanners are fairly old, and have changed very little over the years..

It's kinda nice to think that there are a few things that work so well that they haven't had to change the design for over a century.

I'd guess this would more likely be from your first reference because of both the age (looks pretty old) and the location (Massachusetts).

Would this have any value to a collector? It seems that rarity isn't always enough to impart value, people have to want it. This kind of tool really isn't my thing but I'm sure not gonna toss it! (sigh) I guess it can go in my ever-growing catch-all tool bag. Thing's getting heavy.