Mismarked wrench

[64C10]

Cleaning up and putting away the tools after today’s puttering around……just noticed a wrench marked “Sabnia Oh” instead of “Sabina”…… now I’m going to be up all night looking through the drawers for more of this……

Guessing the QC guy was a little hungover that day

 

[dchawk81]

Probably worth extra.

 

[fourjeepin]

At least the size wasn’t mismarked.

 

[PelicanPines]

Counterfeit?

 

[64C10]

I looked through everything Sabina marked (wrenches anyway) and this is the only one misspelled. Will go through all the sockets and screwdrivers when time and beer allow.

 

[rancherbill]

..and they charge a premium price for Made in America.

 

[dchawk81]

Counterfeit?

Nah. Underpaid.

 

[Ohio Andy]

Cleaning up and putting away the tools after today’s puttering around……just noticed a wrench marked “Sabnia Oh” instead of “Sabina”…… now I’m going to be up all night looking through the drawers for more of this……

Guessing the QC guy was a little hungover that day

Of course when you said or was he hungover that day, My first thought was was he? Was it not intentional?..

Maniacal laugh

 

[64C10]

Makes me wonder how many others slipped out of the factory like that.

 

[Rabid Badger]

Those aren't stamped one letter at a time. If they made one like that, they made thousands.

 

[rust in the eye]

If it were only in fine, uncirculated condition. Could have been college tuition

 

[rust in the eye]

Of course when you said or was he hungover that day, My first thought was was he? Was it not intentional?..

Maniacal laugh

As a youngster I briefly worked at a blow molded plastics factory. One of their items was the swinging door for McDonald's trash cans, they were supposed to say "Thank You". Shop legend was an (former) employee had once set up the mold with a different word before "You"

 

[64C10]

Those aren't stamped one letter at a time. If they made one like that, they made thousands.

I’d have thought QC wouldn’t let that batch get into circulation at all, but knowing that one slipped through the cracks I have to wonder how many more are out there.

What I find most amusing is that this thing has made it 40-50 years in the toolbox without it being noticed until now.

 

[micromind]

Cleaning up and putting away the tools after today’s puttering around……just noticed a wrench marked “Sabnia Oh” instead of “Sabina”…… now I’m going to be up all night looking through the drawers for more of this……

Guessing the QC guy was a little hungover that day

Since it's possible that the wrench is counterfeit, you'll need to prove that it is or isn't.

You will need;

1) A high-strength fastener with either a 13 or 15 MM head.

2) A vise.

3) A 3' length of pipe.

We will be anxiously awaiting the results.......

 

[neophyte]

I’d have thought QC wouldn’t let that batch get into circulation at all, but knowing that one slipped through the cracks I have to wonder how many more are out there.

What I find most amusing is that this thing has made it 40-50 years in the toolbox without it being noticed until now.

Be worker responsible for making the marking dies.
Accidentally make a marking die wrong, maybe because hung over, or just dyslexic.
Nobody realizes at first.
Stamp out some wrenches.
Someone notices.
Maybe nobody cared and just put the wrenches in distribution.
Maybe someone pulled the mismarked wrenches, but some were kept by the workers as souvenirs, or because they were going to get scrapped, and a free wrench is a free wrench.

 

[64C10]

Since it's possible that the wrench is counterfeit, you'll need to prove that it is or isn't.

You will need;

1) A high-strength fastener with either a 13 or 15 MM head.

2) A vise.

3) A 3' length of pipe.

We will be anxiously awaiting the results.......

Best I could do was a 350 lb fat guy pulling on a Ford alternator bolt……it passed that test.