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Offline JPRI

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Who made this wrench?
« on: April 26, 2015, 02:13:55 PM »
It's @4-1/4" long.  I thumbed through both Cope 1830-1915, and Schulz's, and couldn't find it.
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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2015, 02:58:51 PM »
Looks like a mark on the body. Can't make it out at all?
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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2015, 03:14:49 PM »
I looped it and couldn't make out anything.
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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2015, 03:21:51 PM »
Could be a GEM by Tower & Lyon, but I don't see one like it in the pictures of GEM and T&L that I see.
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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2015, 04:39:05 PM »
I though it may be made by Whitman & Barnes or Speirs & Co.
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Offline mvwcnews

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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2015, 04:45:20 PM »
Peck, Stow & Wilcox made a similar design called the STAR Bicycle Wrench in 1897 (see pg. 11, June 1995 MVWC Newsletter for a copy from IRON AGE) , but it was an open "skeleton" handle all the way, not closed in between the fixed jaw & adjusting nut.  Are there any marks on the shank of the movable jaw?
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Re: Who made this wrench?
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2015, 04:55:56 PM »
Nothing on the shank either.  Here's an open pic.
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