10 inch Coes type wrench stamped Zenith

[stanley62]

I found a 10" Coes type wrench marked:
Zenith
M W H Co.  (Marshall Wells Hardware??)
Pat Jan 14 96

  I do not see much from Marshall Wells on the West Coast...  Is this more common elsewhere?

Jim

[Lostmind]

First for me , I'm in Ohio

[HeelSpur]

Never heard of them.

[lptools]

Hello, Here is a link to the Davistown Museum, with an article about Marshall Wells. Regards, Lou

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioMarshallwells.html

[Northwoods]

Zenith hàs a beautiful logo. I have one of their hand saws. Zenith is Duluth's motto.

[jimwrench]

  That Davistown Museum article surely ties it down to Marshall Wells. Never knew they made planes and don't remember seeing your wrench or any of their planes.

[mvwcnews]

Marshall Wells started in Duluth & evolved into a hardware wholesaler with house brands & distribution throughout the north & western U.S., into Canada & out into the Pacific trade from a west coast warehouse.

The patent date identifies the manufacturer as Peck, Stow & Wilcox -- they produced that "solid bar" wrench for a number of hardware wholesale houses as well as selling it themselves.  ( http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=553059&typeCode=0 )