Stan Shulz's flicker page! MVWC Old tools!

[wrenchguy]

For you that haven't seen this.
look at the williams right edge bottom 1st page!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mvwcnews/with/31123581788/

 

[3baygarage]

Link may not be working.

 

[misterbill]

This one?

 

[3baygarage]

Wow that’s quite the assemblage of ads and photos. That Williams wrench is a beast.

First thing I noticed on the page is The Leader Pipe Wrench like I found back in August (GS thread post 5616).

Thanks for sharing Wrenchguy. This ought to keep alot of us busy.

 

[woody 73]

Oh the stories I could write just from that first page alone...

 

[MR.X]

Pretty sure I could dunk on that guy. What's he like 5'3"?

 

[wrenchguy]

This one?

 

[wrenchguy]

Pretty sure I could dunk on that guy. What's he like 5'3"?

yeabut... can u say u had a bigger wrench in ur hands? i wonder if he could carry it?

 

[MR.X]

All those old timers could grind my bones in a hand shake.

 

[RStewart]

Going to keep my eyes open for one of those.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[four.cycle]

 

[d42jeep]

I grabbed several screenshots off that site of interest to me. I think I have some version of each item except the Keystone adjustable.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks for posting this link, wrenchguy. It's always fun looking through old ads, especially when you have some of the tools!

For example, this one, shown about a third way down the page on the right...

They may have been made by Campbell Printing Press & Mfg, but it was known as a BOYNTON's PATENT wrench, and that's how the earliest versions were marked.

I have an exemplar of his first, 364,749, issued June 14, 1887. Link to patent on USPTO site here.

 

[four.cycle]

Fortunately he had the good sense to put the name and date of the publication in the image.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yeah, it's a neat page. What does "MVWC" mean, though?

 

[d42jeep]

It’s all the way at the end.
-Don

 

[wrenchguy]

Yeah, it's a neat page. What does "MVWC" mean, though?

Not all ads are labeled... its a work in progress. MVWC = Missouri Valley Wrench Club. I think its the oldest club of its type. I was a member in the 80's and 90's. I dropped out when my big "D" sale happened in 06.

Stans dad and mom put out a book called Rare and Unusual Wrenches in the 80's... kinda like the bible of wrenches back then. I mostly had ag wrench collection and the book moslty leaned in that direction.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks, guys. I get it now.