What kind of tool is this?

[SkyPirate]

Found this today, no idea what it may be. It is about 6 inches long and 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like an Alligator wrench. http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS-saws...o.1/0_img/1892-Catalog-Alligator Wrenches.jpg

 

[BuckleBoy]

I dug one of those in a CW camp and was thrilled to death until I took it home and realized that they could date from just about anytime.

Well...old tools still have a special place in my heart.

 

[SkyPirate]

Looks like an Alligator wrench. http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS-saws...o.1/0_img/1892-Catalog-Alligator Wrenches.jpg

Cool! Thanks!

 

[stefen]

From what I could research, the patent for the alligator wrench was issued in 1876 and was produced into the early 1900's...

Used primarily to fit square nuts and for pipe fitting...steam engines and RR locomotives, farm equipment, wagons, and the like...

Depending on shape, condition and manufacturer, the value generally runs into the $20 to $40 range...

When in my teens I found a tool box full of them resting on a fireblock of a wooded-up stud wall in an old house my dad was renovating...

See them frequently in antique stores...

 

[SkyPirate]

From what I could research, the patent for the alligator wrench was issued in 1876 and was produced into the early 1900's...

Used primarily to fit square nuts and for pipe fitting...steam engines and RR locomotives, farm equipment, wagons, and the like...

Depending on shape, condition and manufacturer, the value generally runs into the $20 to $40 range...

When in my teens I found a tool box full of them resting on a fireblock of a wooded-up stud wall in an old house my dad was renovating...

See them frequently in antique stores...

Great info. Thanks!