I looked back at my personal messages on here and the PAPAWS cutout wrenches originally cost us $110. I'm still not sure a second batch was ever made or how many were in the first batch. 

The messages are dated March 25, 2013, and March 27, 2013, pertaining to the wrench.

Quote from: skipskip on November 21, 2025, 05:00:26 PM...quite a pile of alligators...

Like these?

Note: Photo by Julia Kadel on Unsplash

I bet a lot of us still have things from Papaw.

I have quite a pile of alligators and some PH tools that came  from him

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Wow! I never would have thought I'd see another Papaw's Big Wrench in the wild. I still have the one that Pop got from John Secord (johnsironsanctuary) in 2013.

you would screw that over the thread then hit with hammer to drive it out of socket. You might use the 50/50 mix of atf?acetone for a week or two  that should  loosen the nut up.

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.