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Any one ever seen a double stamp wrench? Seems to have a double logo

I have never seen one. I suppose strange things happened it the prosses of stamping them from time to time.
Rich

Wow! In the coin collecting world a double stamp old coin is big money! I don’t know about old Ford wrenches but It could be for some people.

In that era quality control probably wasn’t a bid deal. If the wrench did its job that was OK.

I wouldn’t hang it on the wall next to my stamp with the upside down biplane on it…

Probably for a TT truck.

Or an AA.

Monday morning, or worn dies or a defective blank.

Chris Bamford wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:42 pm

Probably for a TT truck.

Or an AA.

It's definitely a T wrench no question about that

Would that be a band adjustment wrench?

Yep, it's a 1917 wrench (part number, not year).

It probably got double struck when it was forged, like a double die coin. I just hope it didn't happen because a new person at Moore or Herbrand (or whoever was making these for Ford) was slow, and he didn't get his fingers out of the way of the die press when it came down for the next wrench, and thats how this one got doubled.

I think, yeah, it would be mounted in a frame.

Somebody probably lost their $5 a day job.

That was good money back in Free America.
The income tax had not hit hard ... yet, and there was no "Social Security" tax.
Banks paid interest on money on deposit.
Texas had no sales tax until 1962.

signsup wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:16 pm

Somebody probably lost their $5 a day job.

Probably their 25¢ per hour thumb. Wasn't anythinig like OSHA back then, and if you lost some of your fingers in an indistrial accident, and you were REALLY lucky, they'd rehire you after you healed.

Our cross the street neighbor ("Grampy Smith") when I was a kid worked in a sawmill when he was young, lost 2 fingers on one hand, 3 on the other. He retrained himself to use what he had left to make do, and I was fascinated as a little kid just what he could do without his missing digits (tho I never said so, as it was "impolite to stare"...). He did hold up his hands to me once, tho, and told me to ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings when you're working, as soon as you didn't, "Ker Whing" and here ya go. First and last time he brought it up, and it stuck with me these past 60 years...

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Sawmills were very dangerous places to work. Probably still are.

Susanne wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:04 pm

Yep, it's a 1917 wrench (part number, not year).

It probably got double struck when it was forged, like a double die coin. I just hope it didn't happen because a new person at Moore or Herbrand (or whoever was making these for Ford) was slow, and he didn't get his fingers out of the way of the die press when it came down for the next wrench, and thats how this one got doubled.

I think, yeah, it would be mounted in a frame.

Speaking of 1917, I found this in my tool box today looking for something. C-1917.