$9 Spent at the Pawn Shop

[dimwittedmoose51]

Went to the chain store shop yesterday and someone snagged the $10 SK 1/2 drive rt, so I focused on their wrench box.  Just like a slot machine.  I'd fumble through 15 or twenty chunks of garbage and then magically just before I owuld give up, a little nugget worth keeping would show.  Occasionally, 2 or 3 in a row....and then more dead time.  The difference between the casino gambling and the pawn shop risk taking is that eventually you run out of wrenches to inspect.  The kid charged me a whopping dollar for the DBE Plomb, .50 each for the medium sized wrenches, and a quarter a pop for the small stuff.  I even took a spare 7mm combo so I'd have it for my ammo car kit for a special bleed valve on the VW......

Fro mthe top:
2 Plombs, a Plomb/Proto(don't have many of them), and a more modern Proto combo
5 SK combos
2 C-man V's
2Duro Chromes
Blackhawk 7mm
OTC Combo
German Walter DOE(sae no less)
WARDS DOE
Wizard combo(headed for Oily's pile

The lone no name wrench on the loer right side has me curious as to why a tool designer would have such a small contact area for the head of the box end.  Looks cool, but no idea who made it. 

Also, never seen a Plomb ignition wrench with that recess cut into the shank.

DM&FS

[chopper1]

never seen a Plomb ignition wrench with that recess cut into the shank.

DM&FS

That's a first for me too.

[rusty]

>Plomb
AA shows one, and speculates that it may have been a precursor to the pebbled design. If so, it is fairly rare.

>why...designer would have such a small contact area
To show off and prove how strong alloy tools were ;P
Remember, carbon steel tools looked thick and bulky compared to new alloy steel tools, after a while, there was a kind of 'thinner is stronger' idea floating around...
So a tool maker had every incentive to follow that line of perception..even to it's somewhat shaky limits

[dimwittedmoose51]

Rusty, any idea who made that thing??  The generic answer always seems to be "Indestro" and it sorta has that  "look".  It's a unique looking thing, that's for sure.....

DM&FS