It's hard to believe we don't have a thread dedicated to all things Walden-Worcester. There are several threads on various tools or sets as they get found etc, but no big monster thread like the other mfgrs.
Some of the extra pieces inside that Mossberg No. 82 Socket Wrench Set attache case I just picked up (thread linked
here), turned out to be early Walden-Worcester.
- The brace type short shank speed wrench has a non-detachable welded-on 3/4” socket – and a
wooden rotting grip! It has no model number, and the short brace type speeders in the 1923 Walden catalog – the only catalog I have from the non-detachable era – don’t have rotating grips like this one. So I am not sure what it is yet. The patent date that is stamped in it with the branding (OCT 22, 1918) corresponds to the Bellows patent 1,626,671 for “
an improved means for enabling metal rods to be attached to sockets for the economical and efficient manufacture of wrenches.” Plain steel and suffering for it.
- The long Tee wrenches (1614, 1616) are not marked Walden, and the long Tee wrenches in the 1923 Walden catalog are all 27XX series, but they sure look Walden to me. Nickel-plated.
- I'm almost certain that the triple-socket wrench is a Tomahawk 1620, although a perhaps slightly later model when they were moving toward forged wrenches. The one end is welded on, as you would expect to find in the non-detachable era, the other end is forged, unlike the wrench in the 1923 catalog, with both ends welded-on. Plain steel.
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