Combination Open End/Socket End Wrench?

[HookWorse]

Or whatever the heck you want to call it. Seems like there isn't a standard name for it.

Anyway...I need a 12mm. Any other companies make it besides Snap On? $50 is hard to justify for only using once or twice a year.

This is the type I mean.

 

[Trucky]

Pretty sure SK makes those as well. I'll have to look around..

 

[bobemmerich]

At one point I had a Craftsman set. I do not know if they sell them seperately or not, but give it a shot.

 

[Monte]

Gedore might be cheaper

Saltus

 

[Blacknwhitepit]

It has been called a Saltus wrench.

Sears Craftsman stopped carrying them.

SK made them. I don't know if they do anymore.

-BWP

 

[Thumper]

For some odd *** reason those are called "Saltus" wrenches. Mac, Cornwell, Craftsman...and many more made those style wrenches. Sometime you luck up and find them in pawn shops...flea markets etc...

 

[Alfajuj]

They're called Saltus wrenches because they were pioneered by a company in Germany called Saltus.
http://catalog.saltus.de/cgi-bin/timeline.shop5/saltus1/shop_main.cgi?func=det&wkid=&rub1=HANDTOOLS%20RANGE&rub2=WRENCHES%2CFlexible%20Combination%20Wrenches%2CFlexible%20Combination%20Wrenches&artnr=889&pn=0&sort=0&partnr=0003010012&all=

Of course Saltus themselves don't call them saltus wrenches. They call them "flexible combination wrenches"
They have a hole at the open end for a tommy bar, like Gedore, which is smart. Without that feature, they're not nearly as useful.

I found a tommy bar to fit the hole in the handle of my 3/8 Koken breaker bar and it's similarly effective. Just without the option of using the open end.
I really think that all breaker bars should have a hole for a tommy bar. It's really handy. (As long as you don't keep losing the tommy bar!)

 

[MJB24]

Sk has a 12mm version. It is part# 88912

I see tooltopia has it for $37
Grainger for $38
toolwarehouse.net for $23


US made as well

 

[zoso]

The napa website shows the carlyle at $24.99. Part number is chtsw112m.

 

[Rezeppa]

Hi have always referred to them as junkyard wrenches. That's what guys in my area called them and they work well for rusty applications because you can apply so much torque.

 

[Dave455]

I own Snap On and Saltus. Both good tools. The Snap On are a bit longer, which is nice!

Whatever you buy you will probably use 'em a lot. They are my 'go to' tools for a lot of jobs, especially automotive stuff (great for door hinges and suchlike where there isn't a lot of 'depth').

 

[crewchief888]

i have saltus wrenches from SO, matco, CM, and a few "no name" brands

 

[nexum1919]

I say Williams 11920: (3/8 - 1/2 flex handle)

http://www.toolsdelivered.com/Willi...ols-1-2-Inch-Drive-Chrome-Ratchet-Drive-Tools

http://www.toolsource.com/high-polished-chrome-drive-ratchet-p-128775.html