🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Couple wrenches

[Older The Better]

Found a couple wrenches today, both are a bit unusual for what I find, I hear some of the curvy ones can be valuable was curious if this one was generic or if it was a specific company. The other I’m not sure about the design doesn’t seem effective but obviously works if they were manufactured… I saw a similar shape called a pipe wrench but searching antique pipe wrench is just showing the typical form… maybe this wrench has another name? It does have grooved jaws and is robust

 

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Found a couple wrenches today, both are a bit unusual for what I find, I hear some of the curvy ones can be valuable was curious if this one was generic or if it was a specific company. The other I’m not sure about the design doesn’t seem effective but obviously works if they were manufactured… I saw a similar shape called a pipe wrench but searching antique pipe wrench is just showing the typical form… maybe this wrench has another name? It does have grooved jaws and is robust
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The unusual wrench is a "alligator wrench", used in locomotive/train work/steam engines, also used by lineman, used on pipes, water lines, rods, nuts and bolts, etc., the designed works by it forcing the pipe/nut/bolt further into the jaws as pressure is applied.

In some trades/fields of use they may call it a "goat wrench"

They are still made and sold today.

Alligator Wrench

This "alligator" wrench (so-called because of its shape, like an "alligator's mouth") was used to turn iron and steel pipes and rods which could not be turned with a regular wrench.

americanhistory.si.edu

Buckingham Goat / Alligator Wrench (41-7071) | Linemen's Supply

Orders for this product received by 12:00/Noon EST ship same business day. After 12:00/Noon EST ship next business day.Made from alloy steel to withstand hard usage. The jaws are designed so that a nut, bolt or pipe is drawn further into the throat as pressure is applied. Product Specifications...

linemenssupply.com

 

[AusTexDude]

When I first glanced at the thread title I thought it said "Couple WENCHES" I was like damn what kind of detector has this guy got...

 

[Older The Better]

When I first glanced at the thread title I thought it said "Couple WENCHES" I was like damn what kind of detector has this guy got...

haven’t found anything like that out in the woods, probably be a find you leave where you found it.

Thanks au seeker for the help, It gives me something to go on to find more info, I don’t see any marks right now on either but I may give them a long soak in vinegar and see if there’s anything under the rust