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Offline skylab

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Old combo wrench
« on: October 25, 2011, 08:02:25 PM »
Where these common?
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Offline jimwrench

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Re: Old combo wrench
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 09:58:06 PM »
 Neat old wrench. Forerunner of the more modern dogbone wrench, I suppose. Don't recall seeing this particular wrench.
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Offline rusty

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Re: Old combo wrench
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 06:29:51 PM »

It is a listed wrench (S289). I only found one vague reference to the maker :(

Picture of 2 variants, I don't think it is a common wrench, may be patented...

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/busch-2010/busch-122-131.jpg
(From the Busch auction, 2010, wrenchingnews.com)
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Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

Offline Wrenchmensch

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Re: Old combo wrench
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2011, 11:36:34 AM »
The Handee Wrench is patented.  The patentee was John Sisolak of Chicago, IL, and the patent was issued on January 26, 1926.  The patent number is 1,571,148. 

I found mine in an old machinist's tool box at a flea market. As far as I can determine, this was the earliest of this type of wrench.
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