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Found a couple of odd specialty wrenches in the auction box lot. A "Viking" and a "Duraspeed, Quartzoid" With a bit of google research, it looks like these are both wrenches for overhead sprinkler heads (Viking brand and Grinell's Gem brand) Apparently all the different sprinkler companies...

Luckily these 5" pliers have "Bickfords Fuse" stamped on one arm, or I would have had trouble in identifying their use as blasting fuse pliers. The inside of the arms has a cutter to trim the end of a fuse, and the front end is used to crimp a blasting cap onto the fuse. Also stamped "Spear &...

This interesting multi tooltool (acquired last week in an auction lot) required a bit of research, but it appears to be an 1850s "privates" multi tool (the "sargents" tool had additional tools/functions) issued for field maintenance of Enfield muskets. The three ends have a screwdriver, a...

Picked up this 6-1/2" long quick adjust wrench with patent dates Dec 23 1902 and Aug 25 1903. Also marked "Victor" "trade mark". Adjustment is made by simply depressing a spring to move the slide Patent research shows this was made by C E Bonner Mfg Co of Chrisman IL Likely made between the 1903...

I didn't know what this wrench was for (bought in an auction tool lot). But I like puzzles and it looks classy with its brass and ?rosewood?, has an extendable handle, and an odd shaped business end with an 8 point socket. No markings found. A bit of investigation identifies it as a piano...

Whatsit tool with double clamping jaws joined to a pivot pin. I'm sure I've sen one before, but can't remember/find any reference. No markings found on the tool. It can attach to the rim of a pipe/tin (pic is on a 3-1/2" diameter tin) and further cranking will squeeze the sides together. What...

Found this neat nesting tube wrench set; three double ended Whitworth tube wrenches and a screwdriver bit, all packaged in a 3-1/2" long leather pouch marked "Apollo (reg), A & P LD" ("Apollo" being the registered trademark of A&P Ltd). The leather pouch is a bit rough, but the wrenches are good

Almost every estate auction tool lot seems to have one of these flat plate multi wrenches. They're "bonus" items received when bidding for something else. I've just been dumping them in a box, their interesting complex shapes forbidding me from scrapping them as I wait for that...

A different glass cutter. The only marking on this brass glasscutter is "made in Switzerland". The handle unscrews to reveal 4 extra cutter wheels, with a screwdriver exposed on one end of the handle to remove the screw holding the cutter in place (the screwdriver feature reminds me of those...

Some Canadian adjustable S wrenches by McKinnon (St Catharines, Ontario), a big 14 inch, and an 8 inch. Guessing c1930s A Gray 8 inch is about identical to the McKinnon, making me wonder if they were made in the same factory, but I can't find any link between them (or with Keystone who made very...

A Domino screw operated wrench, 7" long, branded in two locations with a small "Domino motor , Rd No.528575" on the head, and larger "Domino, No.1049, Rd. No.528575" (with a 3:1 domino logo) on the slide. A bit of searching on the web indicates "Domino" is a tool brand used alongside "Footprint"...

Any info on this "Mauser" marked wrench, 7" long. Also has 3 numbers stamped into the grip, maybe "8 2 9"

I have a couple of wooden handle nut drivers by Williams. They are not stamped with size (although there are some numbers that disappear under the handles) but they seem to be 3/8 and 1/2" size, with different colored handles. Did these come in sets with different colored handles to easily...

Despite looking like an alien spacecraft, this 4-shaft screwdriver works quite well. When not in use the screwdrivers can be folded back into the handle, and for using you simply select, fold out, and lock one of the of the 4 drivers. Attached shafts means you can't lose a driver, and there's...

I was sorting through a box of my neglected old wrenches to make a set, and noticed I had a variety of Canadian brands/styles. Some true Canadian brands; Gray, Dreadnaught (a Gray brand), ETF, and a couple of US subsidiary makes; Fleet Mfg CAN, and a Snap-on OEX 240. Plenty of variation in the...