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Comment by Oralei/Artorable on April 5, 2013 at 8:52pm

 I'm sure you are learning 'English'. My search took me to a lot of English items. :)

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on April 5, 2013 at 5:47pm

Oralei, I have been doing the tool list pattents and have not found it by 1855 and there are more pattent listings to go, I will prob order the schultz book on wrenches and see if it is there, I posted it on the wrench site and most had never seen this one, the one that runs the wrench auctions said if I wanted to sell it give him an email., tho I will win and figure it out some time. tho right now I am leaning English with this one.

Craig

Comment by Oralei/Artorable on April 5, 2013 at 4:50pm

Hi Craig, I tried on this one. I even thought maybe monkey wrench used on railroad. I just couldn't come up with any with the 'straight and then curved' angle at the 'mouth' of the wrench. (I don't have but one book on tools and it was no use.)

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on April 5, 2013 at 1:27pm

close up of the forge weld

a close up of the open end wrench.

this is either an 1830 English coach wrench or a 1850-60's American monkey wrench.

 

you twist the open end wrench handle to adjust the opening of the monkey wrench jaws.

Craig

B & C Emporium

http://www.b-c-e.biz

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on March 23, 2013 at 12:38pm

This is a wrench I just bought, looks to be a real early one 1850-60's any one have any ideas on it?

don't see any marks the only thing is some one of the owners took a center punch and pricked his name into the lower jaw.

Craig

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on March 23, 2013 at 11:54am

Gary roberts, did you find that inventor on that brace?

 

just checking

Craig

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on January 26, 2013 at 7:59am

Hi gary roberts, always want to learn more about what we are collecting

Comment by Gary Roberts on January 25, 2013 at 10:22pm

Hi Craig: new to this group so first time posting. I have the same brace. It is patented tho I can't remember at the moment by whom. I'll have to refer to the books to see who the inventor was. It's fairly rare in any event.

Gary

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on September 25, 2012 at 9:48am

I bought this brace this summer, circa 1850's the chuck was never patented, takes a notched bit

Craig

Comment by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium on September 25, 2012 at 9:44am

any one out there buy anything new different or want to discus?

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