the v-cut wrench thread version 2.0

[skfarmer]

i obviously i  like the bonney stuff but the vanadium is way cool. there is next to no info out there on the  vanadium tool co. the look and feel is so similar to the old mac and martin, there must be some of connection.

[PowderKeg]

Yes, would be very interesting to set them side-by-side with Fairmount/Martins - I'm gonna go out on a limb (if nobody else has already) and guess that Mac sourced theirs from F/M, since they've sourced so much from so many others at some point.  Could even toss Cornwell into the comparison mix.  What was it about these early Ohio based tool companies - Fairmount (Cleveland, later bought by Martin Sprocket), Mac (Sabina), Cornwell (Mogadore), Vanadium (Athens)....

Geez, might even have to throw Wright (Barberton) into the mix too.  Can OH born wrenches not keep their pants zipped?!

[bonneyman]

Yes, would be very interesting to set them side-by-side with Fairmount/Martins - I'm gonna go out on a limb (if nobody else has already) and guess that Mac sourced theirs from F/M, since they've sourced so much from so many others at some point.  Could even toss Cornwell into the comparison mix.  What was it about these early Ohio based tool companies - Fairmount (Cleveland, later bought by Martin Sprocket), Mac (Sabina), Cornwell (Mogadore), Vanadium (Athens)....

Geez, might even have to throw Wright (Barberton) into the mix too.  Can OH born wrenches not keep their pants zipped?!

Might have been something to do with the steel industry and the established infrastructure. Being there were already companies in the state or the county - and people were used to heavy industry and their associated "complaints" - new manufacturers would find it easier to set up their shops there. Maybe?

[Snaparxon]

Some MAC's

[Snaparxon]

Some more MAC's

[skfarmer]

nice examples from mac. the crow foots are a great addition to the thread. i really like the short combos with the deep offset and the double offset combos  similar to my vanadium wrenches.

[skfarmer]

previous to this  i have posted pics of wrenches that are in the use pile and main box.

here is a nos bonney set that i picked from the epstein deal. 3/8-1 1/4, full polish,  long.

[skfarmer]

here is a set i really like. bought these from hiball years ago. cornwell extra long combos in satin from 1/2-3/4 in a roll.

[skfarmer]

since you don't just guy to the hardware store and pick up replacements for incomplete set, loss or breakage i started picking up partials and singles.

the top pic has several large herbrand wrenches up on the top. obviously bonney made. the wrenches in the middle are bonney and the bottom row is matco. they are used from good to poor condition.

the second pic is a mix of bonney and matco wrenches and like new or near new condition.

[Snaparxon]

nice examples from mac. the crow foots are a great addition to the thread. i really like the short combos with the deep offset and the double offset combos  similar to my vanadium wrenches.

Mac is the only brand I have seen the double offset combo's in metric, Cornwell maybe but I have never seen any.
Mac is also the only company I have seen that offered the deep offset short combo's. They didn't offer metric in any of the catalogs I have seen.
I have a Snap on set of wrenches like your Vanadiums also.

[Snaparxon]

Here is my Johnny Cash bastard set of angle wrenches I had in my service truck. Now they are in the home box.
Mostly Cornwell, a few Matco/Bonney made, a couple Snap on, one factory one home-made and a Fairmount.
1/4" to 1-1/4" missing the Cornwell 1-1/8" if any body has one.

[BuckHenry]

Did you make the 15/16" wrench your self or find it that way?

[Snaparxon]

Did you make the 15/16" wrench your self or find it that way?

I made it out of two old Snap on DOE wrenches. I lost my nice original one from my Snap on set so I made this one to replace it. Months later one of the customers tractors came into the shop. I needed to remove the tool box to get to the batteries and I'll be damned if my nice Snap on angle wrench wasn't nestled in with his Harbor Freight shit. My full last name engraved on the wrench. I had asked them the day I lost them to keep an eye out cause I had lost 2 wrenches I used on their tractor. I had the same thing happen with a MAC tape measure years before for a different customer. Nope haven't seen it, tractor comes in the shop weeks later and it is sitting on the drivers console. My name engraved on it.

[PowderKeg]

here is a set i really like. bought these from hiball years ago. cornwell extra long combos in satin from 1/2-3/4 in a roll.

SWEET!!!  My extra long SAE Snappys were one of the smartest buys I ever made - and they were used out of the paper.  Are there many of us left out there that remember the classified section in the local paper??? 

[Snaparxon]

here is a set i really like. bought these from hiball years ago. cornwell extra long combos in satin from 1/2-3/4 in a roll.

SWEET!!!  My extra long SAE Snappys were one of the smartest buys I ever made - and they were used out of the paper.  Are there many of us left out there that remember the classified section in the local paper??? 

My local classifieds paper printed it's last paper this week after 34 years. All I have left is Craigslist since I don't do Facebook. Tried to make an fake account a couple weeks ago and they wanted a photo of me for their facial recognition. F that