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Offline jimwrench

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EWB Co. wrench
« on: July 30, 2011, 09:09:16 AM »
 I have a wrench that has (EWB CO) on one side and a raised (5) on other side. Its an engineer style wrench and has no maker mark except as noted. Only company I have found with these initials is EW Bliss Co. Wrench is 7 3/8 long and 1/2 thick at working end. Has feel and appearance of Williams wrench but no mark. Anyone know what company used this wrench ? Can anyone confirm manufacturer of this fellow ? Don't find anything in alloy. Google led me to EW Bliss Co. and EW Bowman Inc. Bliss made heavy metal processing equip and seems a viable suspect but no confirmation.
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Offline eddie hudson

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Re: EWB Co. wrench
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 09:38:08 AM »
EW Bliss Co. Brooklyn NY was about two miles from the Williams factory. Bliss among other things, made Torpedoes right on the NYC waterfront! There was a nice thread on the old board about Bliss. Maybe Papaw can dig it out.

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Re: EWB Co. wrench
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 10:04:47 AM »

An interesting wrench. The features are not inconsistant with Williams , the forge mark is about right, the head shape is about right, the use of an inset panel is typical of early (<30's) williams.

The overall design however is not like Williams standard production Engineers wrench at all.  The standard wrenches have a much thinner handle that grows wider away from the head.
But it could have been a special, Bliss was certainly big enough to order what they liked...

> viable suspect but no confirmation
Probably always going to be a touch of doubt, unless you find a machine manual with a closeup picture of the wrench in it. But, I know E.W.Bliss used 'EWB Co' on machines from pictures. Ruling out all the other possible folks who might have also used that is a chore....
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Re: EWB Co. wrench
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2011, 10:16:39 AM »
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Sadly, I can't.
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