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Offline Wrenchmensch

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Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« on: June 23, 2011, 09:34:22 AM »
This 6 1/2" Braunsdorf-Mueller (BMC) Holtyte adjustable, developed in the 1900-1910 period, was intended to compete with the Crescent adjustable wrenches just then coming into the market. Found at a local flea market. 
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Offline Donny B.

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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 09:43:26 AM »
It must have made your eyes pop to see that sitting on the counter.

Nice little item!
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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 09:51:08 AM »
Very cool; I've never seen one before...

And what did that set you back at the flea?
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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 11:18:17 AM »
I don't remember. Not much. I am chintzy.
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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 07:31:31 PM »
That is a great one to have! I bet there weren't many of them.
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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 10:45:08 AM »
Don't get me wrong - it's a nice piece! - but I can see why the Crescent design stayed and this one disappeared. The "knurl in the middle" style is easier to adjust one-handed, and you don't have a thumbwheel sticking out the side.
Again, it is a beauty.
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Re: Early 20th c. alternative adjustable design
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 10:16:51 PM »
 Very nice wrench. I would surely have wanted it.
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