Vintage RIDGID TOOL COMPANY 5-1/2" Long Pipe Wrench Tool Elyria OH USA

[Styvans]

Vintage RIDGID TOOL COMPANY 5-1/2" Long Pipe Wrench Tool Elyria OH USA.
Marked Patd. 8 E4-5 Oil Hardened


Help on year manufactured

 

[Private Lugnutz]

There's a dating guide in post #1 of the "RIDGID Pipe Wrench Dating" thread. You can find that thread in the A-Z Index of Threads located at the top of this forum inside the Sticky titled "READ B4 POSTING!: A-Z Index of Threads, FAQs, and Helpful Hints and Links." Have fun. If you have any questions, post them in that thread.

 

[GreenMars]

There's a dating guide in post #1 of the "RIDGID Pipe Wrench Dating" thread. You can find that thread in the A-Z Index of Threads located at the top of this forum inside the Sticky titled "READ B4 POSTING!: A-Z Index of Threads, FAQs, and Helpful Hints and Links." Have fun. If you have any questions, post them in that thread.

Hey. I read the Rigid dating info. Super helpful! Thanks! I picked up a nice example that falls into the 1937 to 1948 range and the code on the jaw ends with a "7". Is there any way to tell if it would be a 1937 or a 1947 wrench? Just curios if I am missing something.