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Vintage Drop-Forged Open-end Spanner Wrench

Vintage Drop-Forged Open-end Spanner Wrench

Sold individually - choose your wrench from the options below, each with its own story and patina.

These vintage drop-forged spanner wrenches carry the weight of history in steel - tools that fixed what was broken, tightened what was loose, and witnessed decades of hands-on work. Whether you're a collector hunting for those vintage branded tools from days of old, looking for that perfect piece of man-cave decor, or seeking a symbolic item for ritual work, you might have stumbled upon - or been chosen by - the very thing you're meant to have.

In ritual and spiritual practice, wrenches hold powerful symbolism: they represent the ability to "fix what needs fixing" or to deliberately "throw a wrench in the works" - tools of both construction and disruption, depending on your intent.

But even if magic isn't your thing, these wrenches have that look that takes you back to when you were a kid handing your dad tools while he worked under the hood of the family jalopy. That smell of motor oil, the clank of metal on metal, the satisfaction of watching something broken become whole again.

Available wrenches:

  1. Three-headed spanner wrench, likely used for a lawnmower or other small engine machine
  2. #3 Nash branded double-end open-end wrench, these were given with a small tool kit when buying a Nash brand automobile (circa 1917-1954)
  3. 1/2" and 9/16" Bonney brand double-end open-end wrench
  4. M 13 double-end open-end wrench
  5. #29 Made in USA, drop forged double-end open-end wrench
  6. #27 Made in USA, drop forged, 19/32" (15mm) and 11/16" (18mm), patent applied for
  7. #25 Vlchek double-end open-end wrench, displays V-shield logo often seen on earlier carbon steel tools
  8. No size or brand details on small double-end open-end wrench, approximately 4.25" long
  9. No size or brand details on small double-end open-end wrench, approximately 4" long

Material: Drop forged steel

Care: Wipe down with a shop cloth, and keep dry and away from humidity when not in use

Size: Varying lengths from 4" to 8" and 1.75 oz - 10.25 oz.

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