Odd Adjustable Wrench ID

[damon18]

Saw this and did and image search but couldn't figure out what it was.

Thought it said Crescent on the side but doesn't look like it.

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[Private Lugnutz]

That contraption has a lot of moving parts! Looks like it might rotate in two axes (360* around the handle, and ~180* left and right), as well as the jaw adjusting in and out with that wingnut. Strange. Never seen one before.

As for the marking, there are a few letters after the visible "CENT". Maybe "20th CENTURY". If you pull the jaw all the way out and clean it up you should be able to read it all.

EDIT:

Found it. It's a half of a brace wrench. Samuel Johnston patent 674,735 (1901). Made by P. Lowentraut. See DATAMP info on it linked here.

 

[Wrench97]

Here is a vintage " LOWENTRAUT 20TH CENTURY ADJUSTABLE PIPE WRENCH"> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-lowentraut-20th-century-1839858307

 

[Wrench97]

Here is another image showing the brace handle removed calling it a "brace/wrench is the top of the line for Lowentraut, with the addition of a pipe wrench, screwdriver, and an adjustable handle"

 

[damon18]

Thanks guys. This band is hard to stump!

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[crguy]

Lowentraut made several different wrenches. They show up on Ebay regularly.