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Picture Forum => 6 Inch & Under Club => Topic started by: Papaw on March 06, 2015, 08:51:38 PM

Title: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: Papaw on March 06, 2015, 08:51:38 PM

6" Bonney curved open handle adjustable.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/papao55/Assorted%20wrenches/IMG_7253_zpsbcdd2b16_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/papao55/media/Assorted%20wrenches/IMG_7253_zpsbcdd2b16_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/papao55/Assorted%20wrenches/IMG_7254_zpsee6b3164_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/papao55/media/Assorted%20wrenches/IMG_7254_zpsee6b3164_1.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: leg17 on March 06, 2015, 10:01:00 PM

Was the Bemis & Call with the open handle the first wrench of this type?

Title: Re: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: Plyerman on March 07, 2015, 08:47:43 AM

Nice. Those old curved wrenches were so much sexier than the ones they make nowadays.

Title: Re: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: Papaw on March 07, 2015, 08:53:12 AM

I don't know who was first with the open handle.

Title: Re: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: oliron on April 01, 2015, 05:45:49 AM

Bemis &Call  introduced theirs in 1894 - then an improved version with pipe jaws in 1898,  and  a double ended version in 1909 , later a crescent type in 1912, Bonney started making spanners somewhere between 1890 and 1898 - but i have no info when they intro'd their "S" handles,

Title: Re: Bonney Curved Open handle
Post by: bonneyman on April 03, 2015, 03:55:12 PM

Quote from: Plyerman on March 07, 2015, 08:47:43 AM

Nice. Those old curved wrenches were so much sexier than the ones they make nowadays.

And they're alot better at tightening stuff against a wall!