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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: HeelSpur on April 25, 2015, 03:08:12 PM
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This is the largest one I have come across, do they make them larger?
This is 22" long.
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I like the backwards N.
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They made two larger. a No. 4-1/2 and a No. 5.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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Is the "N" supposed to be backwards?
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It happened quite often. No great addition to value.