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Offline Wrenchmensch

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Tool-alligator wrench/screwdriver tool
« on: June 08, 2011, 09:53:12 PM »
This was one of my earliest finds years ago. It is a combined alligator wrench and screwdriver. It is forged, possibly by a master toolsmith. The piece is 7 11/16 " long and symmetrical along its long axis.  I have not dated this tool, and would welcome estimates about that and its provenance.

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Re: Tool-alligator wrench/screwdriver tool
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011, 10:11:52 PM »
Not a type I've seen before. It would be easy for a craftsman to have made that himself. 64longstep made me a very nice heavy screwdriver by forging a Craftsman ratchet handle to an H D Smith screwdriver.

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Re: Tool-alligator wrench/screwdriver tool
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2011, 10:46:35 PM »
Those are some might-fine looking tools there Noel!!
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Re: Tool-alligator wrench/screwdriver tool
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2011, 10:54:02 PM »
One of a kinds made by our member 64longstep. We call them PHakes!
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Re: Tool-alligator wrench/screwdriver tool
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2011, 07:48:58 AM »
Noel:

Thanks for explaining about those neat-looking tools. I thought, when I first saw them, the wrenches were created through computer wizardry. Not so! Hats off to 64Longstep!