Pipe Wrench Identification
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RTM
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No pic
Private Lugnutz
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Nope. Try reducing the size. The site sometimes has difficulty with very large jpegs. 725 x 500.
Private Lugnutz
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And in the meantime, if your issues persist, we have a 'Pipe Wrenches' thread with a wide variety of styles, brands, and models. If you want to scroll though it, you might get lucky. You can find it under the "P's" in the 'By Type' section of the A to Z Index of Threads located inside the Sticky reading READ B4 POSTING! at the top of the forum.
Having said that, if that photo you managed to attach of an A67 marking is where the handle meets the service end and that collar is for adjusting, it's pretty unusual and may not be in that thread. I'm trying to think, like a puzzle or game, what it might be just from that glimpse, and I'm coming up empty. Is there a chance the brass "tube" you're calling a handle is not original?
Having said that, if that photo you managed to attach of an A67 marking is where the handle meets the service end and that collar is for adjusting, it's pretty unusual and may not be in that thread. I'm trying to think, like a puzzle or game, what it might be just from that glimpse, and I'm coming up empty. Is there a chance the brass "tube" you're calling a handle is not original?
The A67 is at the bottom of the handle. I will try to upload more photos.
Private Lugnutz
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Agreed, hobie. Since he managed to get one uploaded using the [@ Attach files] button, I was guessing it's not human error on the full pic, though. I have been here 14 years and 26,000 posts and I still get photos kicked back when they're too "big" (resolution).
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Private Lugnutz
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Coha,
As I suspected before you managed to load the whole pic, it's highly unlikely that brass "handle" is original. I don't know of any pipe wrenches that used a loose brass tube as a handle, and it looks like a PO (edit: "prior owner" in hobby lingo) put that on as a replacement for the original, which probably split and fell off. The "A67" marking with its hacksawed-off "A" is likely associated with the nomenclature for brass tubing.
As for mfgr's ID, almost impossible without branding. (edit: That "5" looks after-factory.) What you have there is an Improved Stillson pattern, and it was licensed to everybody and their mother by Walworth, who held the rights. Ridge, Erie, Plomb, etc all made them or had them made for them. Someone more into Stillsons may be able to identify it from nuances in the features, but it would be an exercise in overkill, because of how common these were. And completely unmarked probably means 3rd party retail.
As I suspected before you managed to load the whole pic, it's highly unlikely that brass "handle" is original. I don't know of any pipe wrenches that used a loose brass tube as a handle, and it looks like a PO (edit: "prior owner" in hobby lingo) put that on as a replacement for the original, which probably split and fell off. The "A67" marking with its hacksawed-off "A" is likely associated with the nomenclature for brass tubing.
As for mfgr's ID, almost impossible without branding. (edit: That "5" looks after-factory.) What you have there is an Improved Stillson pattern, and it was licensed to everybody and their mother by Walworth, who held the rights. Ridge, Erie, Plomb, etc all made them or had them made for them. Someone more into Stillsons may be able to identify it from nuances in the features, but it would be an exercise in overkill, because of how common these were. And completely unmarked probably means 3rd party retail.
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d42jeep
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It probably started life looking something like this. Minus the branding, of course. 
or this.
-Don
or this.
-Don
four.cycle
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^ this. and after the patents all expired it was open season. everybody made them.
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Thanks for all the information everyone. This is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to make sure it wasn't something a collector or museum should have before I used it. It's amazing how well made and sturdy old hand tools are. I'm definitely going to keep my eye out for old tools like this. This will look great in my tool box.