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adj - adjustable ali - alligator alum - aluminum apld - applied auto - automobile B & C - Bemis & Call B & S - Billings & Spencer bike - bicycle box - box end bug - buggy ci - cast iron comb - combination cres - Crescent type c/o - cut out D and number - W. Dill's John Deere List dn - down Dp - Deering pattern dia - diameter diff var - different variation db - double doe - double open end fl/st - flat steel |
ham - hammer hdl - handle hb - hubcap HP and number - Herb Page's Coes ID number ID - identified as L - left mal - malleable iron Moss - Mossberg mky - monkey nib -new in box nos - new old stock mid - middle nw - nut wrench oe - open end org - original pat - patent pend - pending pic - picture pw - pipe wrench qk adj - quick adjust R - right R and number - page in Rathbone's |
rat - ratchet S and number - page in Schulz's s or sw - s shaped wrench sc - screw type adjustment sc/dr - screwdriver sc wr - screw wrench sep - separator soc - socket soe - single open end sp/pl - spark plug sq - square t or tw - tee type wrench var - variation v-grip - Vise-grip type V & B - Vaughan & Bushnell w/ - with W & B - Whitman & Barnes wag - wagon wdg - wedge wh - wood handle whmw - wood handled monkey wench wr - wrench |
BOOK REFERENCES C# - KENNETH COPE'S "American Wrench Makers 1830 - 1930"
D# - WAYNE DILL'S "John Deere and Merged Companies Wrenches and Tools 2007 Edition"
Irps - GILL IRPS' "International Harvester & Merged Companies Tools"
HP# - HERB PAGE'S "The Brothers Coes and Their Legacy of Wrenches" (# is Herb's ID number)
S# - ALFRED SCHULZ'S "Antique and Unusual Wrenches"
R# - P. T. RATHBONE'S "The History of Old Time Farm Implement Companies & The Wrenches They Issued"
Also:
RICHARD SMITH'S "Collectors Guide for Fencing Tools"
BAIRD AND COMERFORD'S - "The Hammer"