Wright long patterns...? Huh...what are these?

[1982fxr]

Thought there were no Wright long patterns. Or is it misinformation? They look longer

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Wright-Tool-3...3A1e76f8751590a7884694365affd4ad68%7Ciid%3A21

 

[bob15]

They call them long, but they are shorter than a Snap on "standard" length. Still a very nice wrench, second only to my Bonney's in comfort.

All 3/4" length

Wright: 10"
Snap On standard: 11"
Snap On Long: 13"
Snap On short:7"
Armstrong long: 11"
Armstrong extra long: 13"
Mac extra long: 13"
Mac standard: 11"

 

[T45]

They don't make them per dude @ Wright mfg who gave a GJ member a tour the factory. He was taking feedback on new tools and said they would think about making long patters.

My guess these ones are either really old or really new... =)

edit: appears they are just the regular wrigt ones.

 

[Wakefield]

Pre-Wright Grip

 

[1982fxr]

Pre-Wright Grip

That was my main guess

 

[Hiball]

Wright has 2 classification in regards to wrench lengths, "Long and Short", lots of members seem to get confused because they like to compare the terminology to brands that carry Standard, Long and or Extra long. As previously mentioned, Wright classifies "long" as there only standard pattern wrenches and designates "short" as there stubby wrenches.

 

[bob15]

They don't make them per dude @ Wright mfg who gave a GJ member a tour the factory. He was taking feedback on new tools and said they would think about making long patters.

My guess these ones are either really old or really new... =)

edit: appears they are just the regular wrigt ones.

Wright calls their wrenches "long" pattern on their website

 

[T45]

Wright calls their wrenches "long" pattern on their website

thats the joke

 

[T45]

Wright has 2 classification in regards to wrench lengths, "Long and Short", lots of members seem to get confused because they like to compare the terminology to brands that carry Standard, Long and or Extra long. As previously mentioned, Wright classifies "long" as there only standard pattern wrenches and designates "short" as there stubby wrenches.

Yeah, in all fairness the naming thing is a mess in part because of snap-on. But all of their sizes are self-referential and not objective as well.

Mini=stubby pattern
Short=medium pattern
Regular=long pattern
XL="extra" long pattern

So a snap on is one size higher, in part because they 4x sizes not 2x. Other places have subby, regular, long only (no XL)...which makes more sense as to why people call "long pattern" a long wrench, regardless of who makes it.

Europeans tend to have two sizes, (eg hazet, stahlwille, bahco/belzer)

regular = medium pattern
Long = long pattern

So again, the long pattern is the 'long wrench'.

Wright is the odd duck because their "long" is just a "not stubby"--

and as a size stuck in tween regular and long pattern standards.

This tends to infuriate people's expectations.

Nothing wrong with the wrenches tho.

 

[1982fxr]

Old stock? check out the link

 

[bob15]

Old stock? check out the link

They are NOS. Date code of 1995.

 

[Hiball]

Yeah, in all fairness the naming thing is a mess in part because of snap-on. But all of their sizes are self-referential and not objective as well.

Mini=stubby pattern
Short=medium pattern
Regular=long pattern
XL="extra" long pattern

So a snap on is one size higher, in part because they 4x sizes not 2x. Other places have subby, regular, long only (no XL)...which makes more sense as to why people call "long pattern" a long wrench, regardless of who makes it.

Europeans tend to have two sizes, (eg hazet, stahlwille, bahco/belzer)

regular = medium pattern
Long = long pattern

So again, the long pattern is the 'long wrench'.

Wright is the odd duck because their "long" is just a "not stubby"--

and as a size stuck in tween regular and long pattern standards.

This tends to infuriate people's expectations.

Nothing wrong with the wrenches tho.

That's my point... Too many consumers make assumptions based of there individual bias of what length is the "standard" for classification. I started with SK and Raised panel wrenches so my generalization of a wrench length is much different than someone who has been using SO etc. The best thing about Wright and there Cataloging is that they are very specific in there dimension in online form or paper catalog. I get it... I've bought stuff in the spur of the moment only to find out later that I didn't put the research time in.