"WINNER" 10-Inch Pipe Wrench, 1925 Pat.

[lzenglish]

I found this at a local barn sale. Very interesting Company History on Alloy Artifacts.

Various Hand Tool Makers [Page 4]

Page 3 of a collection of tools from various hand tool makers.

alloy-artifacts.org

LZ

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find, lz. That quick adjust was Long's fourth and final patent, I believe. Three earlier patents delivered a lever-action pliers-wrench, made by Winner, USONA, and maybe others. DATAMP has a decent write-up on them, too. You can find other examples on the 'Oddfellows' thread, here...

The Ancient and Independent Order of Oddfellows (Adjustables, that is...)

INTRO... Two weeks ago I found an antique “FITZ-ALL” adjustable wrench at the flea market and just last week I found a “H and E” (pronounced “Handy”). Those finds got me thinking categorically about these types of wrenches as a collecting niche unto itself, and that sent me rummaging around...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[crguy]

I found this at a local barn sale. Very interesting Company History on Alloy Artifacts.

Various Hand Tool Makers [Page 4]

Page 3 of a collection of tools from various hand tool makers.

alloy-artifacts.org

LZ

One of the few wrench makers in this part of the country, Puyallup, WA. I see them from time to time.

 

[four.cycle]

@Private Lugnutz -

check out the connection:

Winner / Winner Tool Co., Puyallup, WA / "Plier Wrench" / patent 1408524 Mar 7 1922 & 1540642 Jun 2 1925 William T. Long / http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p3.html#winner / see also Usona Mfg. Co. / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...181466-1270848-1408524-william-t-long.499064/ /

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I remember reading that before, 4.c, probably linked from the 'Oddfellows' thread. Very interesting.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I do not know if Alloy-Artifacts.org was able to dig up anything else on Winner/Usona - he has a Winner example, but no Usona.