I'm going to make a guess of less than 50.

That's kind of what I remembered.  I always get amazed how far things like these travel & how the cost/value changes.  So many of the old regulars on this site are now gone- more of the wrenches may hit the market if this one sells.  I'd still like to know how many were made.

I have one but I forget when they were offered on here. The original batch sold out and later there was discussion of having more made if there was enough interest, but I don't remember if more were made. If I remember correctly, they were around $100 back then.

How big around is a vintage ball joint?
I can barely fit my thumb into the end of this thing

Were those prior to the site crash?  I remember the posts about them, but not the details.  I didn't get any results in a search.  Wonder how many were made.


Just found some posts in 2013, so after the crash.

In case you have a big budget there is a Papaw cutout wrench up on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/177592866609?_skw=wrench&itmmeta=01KAF9XEN3GVVGFGNQT00QF0EE&hash=item29595c1731:g:whIAAeSw5FNpHepI&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fJ4kePW8cOKTIo12kYQ0KMUvLQ%2BKpKvJnz4CDFz5kLL47qf2puwEH0gNaNTg05gNMeAfkq1xIW51F%2BgPbkZkT83d3Hbx0olXceSuGK1VkKc82%2B5o2GV1PrUrNZfSKGw35nKANAIYg%2Bq8zQp00LzrzltgMWgIIYqCXoBlYMQ1VNytE8GZJyLAwR%2BLdxFM6AEjR3poMjz%2Fgnuy7MftnpDz5mBzyjm5lKePLUguUEJhINLQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4jr9enTZg

I had a Star at one time, had an ugly arc weld on the base, lucky it was in the lettering. I was able to preheat and reweld from the inside  that filled the crack, reduced the build up on the outside. The other one I had was a Kupferle from St.Louis, Mo. very similar in size  and shape. Sold both of them. Still have a couple of Barret brake shoe rivet holders that go on the brake machines

Nice find , always good to have the base along with it! Having the 8 cup bowl is even better!

These ladies are dressed conservatively compared to the many tool co calendars I recall seeing in the 70's and 80's. 

Quote from: Bill HoughtonTrying to figure out what the half-dressed lady has to do with wrenches

Using scantily clad young women in advertising is certainly nothing new. It's gone out of favor in some circles. Still very much alive and well in others.