Comments on: eBay: Vintage Blackhawk Adjustable Wrenches?

By: John

John — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:51:05 +0000

My Dad has one of these that belonged to his Dad. He says they were used for checking rear ends.

By: Larry Stewart

Larry Stewart — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:19:34 +0000

You can see them at Alloy Artifacts on google under Blackhawk manfacturing history. Drain plugs wrenches.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:10:00 +0000

The best bicycle wrench I ever owned, circa 1957. Twist the handle, tighten the wrench around the nut, then spin the wrench on or off.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:12:40 +0000

Looking at the square drive in several sizes, my guess is that they are universal tap handles. Hard to gage the size, except for the knurling on the knobs, but they look about the right size.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:39:49 +0000

Looks, to me, like an old-style tube flaring tool.

By: martin

martin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:16:41 +0000

Here’s another. Think it may be an early automobile wrench?

http://www.goantiques.com/detail,blackhawk-adjustable-square,303228.html

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:52:13 +0000

Yep thats a bung wrench! The gold hue is a dead give away as most of these are beryllium, so as not to create sparks. Generally speaking sparks and many of the thinks shipped in drums are a bad combination.

By: smoore

smoore — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:24:06 +0000

Andy has it. It’s a bung wrench with a plug wrench at 90 deg.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:33:04 +0000

They look like internal/ external drain plug (or possibly drum plug /bung) wrenches.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:35:47 +0000

Reminds me of the crescent adjustable socket wrench.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000FIZOBC/ref=dp_image_0/102-6261662-8948911?ie=UTF8&n=228013&s=hi