Old wrenches

[mike.zeiderman]

Have some wrenches from my wife's father/grandfather, not much of a collector, any value? Anyone interested? Can provide more pics if needed. Will let go separately or as a set.

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[gdpolk]

I see your fairly new here. You may try the classifieds whenever your post count gets at or beyond 100 if you really want to sell. I personally wouldn't want to sell family tools for sentimental reasons.

Classifieds:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Classifieds Rules:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94319

 

[gdocktor3]

Put them on Craigslist or, keep them for when you need a nice slugging wrench. I sometimes buy old wrenches like that, usually combination or double box, from flea markets and tag sales for a few bucks each and keep them for those stubborn, hard to break nuts and bolts. I'd much rather smack one of those with a hammer then my more expensive Knuckle Saver or Snap On. Plus, they're really impractical in most all other cases considering how big and heavy they are.

 

[mike.zeiderman]

Thank you both, I figured as much for practically, but I also know others collect them, so I figured I'd throw them out there. As of right now they are just taking up space, as I don't collect anything. Except Jeeps.

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[wrenchguy]

some maybe caterpillar tractor tool kit wrenches, u'd have to post any markings on each wrench to id.

 

[Rileysan]

My personal opinion differs considerably on their implied value. The double open-end wrenches can be purchased anywhere and everywhere for .$50 - $1 per wrench (or less) - especially in this condition.

These were sold by the millions and are virtually indestructible, so they are still readily available.

 

[Gmonkee]

The old wrenches are like modern tools in terms of quality. Most were plain carbon steel and pretty cheap when new. Compare to normal import wrenches of today.
Everybody has some and they are 90% of what you find used.

The blingy stuff of then was special alloy steels and into the 30's art deco styles came into play. Those are far harder to find in the wild.
But if you use SAE yet a set of old Buffalo-Barcalo convex wrenches from the 30's will not fail you. BP supreme compare and those were made into 1960.

What the OP shows is some of the oldest cheap and common stuff with a few I suspect are better Williams and Armstrong. There are distinct shape details that tend to make then stand out.

Either way resale will be low as is demand. Antique dealers are flooded with them. A good modern use is to weld into artsy furniture which kind of bothers me but....

I have a collection of them and frankly they really do not apply well in most modern mechanical needs.
But, it you are occasionally needing tools at best and a large investment makes no sense they do still turn bolts. And the darn things are cheap and common.
If you need an 18mm file an 11/16" to fit, for a buck and five minutes time you did exactly as great granddaddy would have in his times.

Beats making them lawn furniture in my worthless opinion.

 

[mike.zeiderman]

Thank you all for the help, I'm pretty well covered in the tool department, I just didn't really know if there was any value in them, not that I wanted to make a profit. Just didn't want to hold onto something if someone said man I wish I had/could find......
Guess I will just keep them and see whatever may come up, thanks again for the help.

If mods wish to delete this thread I have no problem.

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