RIDGID vs RYDGID

[bitbuster]

As I stated in an earlier post, my older bro and I have total access to what remains of a junkyard. We have been slowly going through it and removing old electric motors and tools, vises, etc. I recently found a 6" RYDGID adjustable wrench.(the Y was half the size of the other letters). Made in USA. Are/were RIDGID and RYDGID actually the same company. Sorry, no photo.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Sounds like a Chinese knock off... Trust me, it's NOT the same.

 

[Bcom]

Before Ridgid was RIDGID , the were known as " The Ridge". Never heard of a Rydgid

 

[bill300d]

The Ridge Tool Co made Ridgid wrenches. I have never seen a Rydgid.

 

[Roberts210]

Can you post a picture?

 

[bitbuster]

http://imgur.com/a/rIvZc

 

[Bcom]

Cant say that i see a Y in Rydgid. Looks like a worn out Ridgid

 

[bitbuster]

Cant say that i see a Y in Rydgid. Looks like a worn out Ridgid

The small 'Y' is there.

 

[bitbuster]

After a much closer look, the small Y is actually the remnants of a rusted and pitted partially missing top half of the I. (it appears as a small Y). It is a Ridgid.