Interesting Billings Wrench

[Mick56]

Not mine, but this wrench is listed on Marketplace in my area. Billings 1163 wrench that was not finished.

 

[3baygarage]

Cool. I like that kind of stuff. I’d ****** it up if the price was fair.

 

[4xdog]

Some of the companies used to have tool boards that hung in bigger hardware stores showing the progression of their products through forging and finishing.

I wonder if that piece came from one of those.

I'd have guessed the ring end would have been broached before the name and dimensions were impressed in normal production, but that's just a guess.

 

[Mick56]

The person is asking $40 for it

 

[leg17]

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I'd have guessed the ring end would have been broached before the name and dimensions were impressed in normal production, but that's just a guess.

I'd say that is a pretty good guess.
A process board piece would probably show the progression of steps, and the marking would be almost last prior to any plating or other surface finish.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Made in the 1950's.

 

[HalfTonTom]

Well, you could make the incomplete end a bottle opener fairly easily...

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like the stamp is crooked

 

[Ricky Joe]

Looks like the stamp is crooked

Looks honest enough to me.

 

[d42jeep]

At least you know who made yours.
-Don

 

[daddyopoppy]

Funny, I just saw this thread today and yesterday I came across this Indestro in a drawer that has nothing to do with wrenches. Serendipity