Ridgid Pipe Wrench Green

[yatg]

Was dark green ever a factory color for Ridgid pipe wrenches?

There's a wrench for sale locally that is green.
Wasn't interested because the handle was a bit munged up, and it was green.


But found other wrenches on ebay with what looks like the same shade of green.

1930’s Ridgid Pipe Wrench Green Paint Patent # 1727623 Ridge Tool B-2-3 VINTAGE | eBay

<p>Ridgid Pipe Wrench Green Paint Patent # 1727623 Ridge Tool RARE VINTAGE. </p><p>YOU ARE BIDDING ON A OLDER RIDGID 18” PIPE WRENCH . PATENT # 1727623 WAS APPLIED FOR IN 1928 and GRANTED IN 1929. I WOULD ASSUME THIS WRENCH IS FROM THE 1930’s . DON’T THINK THE GREEN PAINT IS FACTORY . IS IN...

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1930’s Ridgid Pipe Wrench Green Paint Patent # 1727623 Ridge Tool B-2-3 VINTAGE

 

[d42jeep]

eBay wrench was made in 1943 and probably was painted black originally. Most original paint on wartime wrenches was black, at least on the wrenches I’ve seen with some original paint remaining.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Was dark green ever a factory color for Ridgid pipe wrenches?

There's a wrench for sale locally that is green.
Wasn't interested because the handle was a bit munged up, and it was green.

But found other wrenches on ebay with what looks like the same shade of green.

As Don rightly stated, the eBay wrench has a 1943 date code. If you want to learn how to date Ridgid pipe wrenches, check out the 'Ridgid dating' thread. It can easily be found in the A-Z Index in the Sticky. As for the green paint, it could be military. It is a wartime wrench, and I have wartime tools and equipment and boxes with all kinds of shades of green, including dark, true, or forest green. It wasn't all OD, and even when it was, those were different shades, too. Then again, it could be something a PO put on many years later.