I don't know what "Domspeco" stands for, but a good guess would be the Dominion Specialty Manufacturing Company of Rock Island, Quebec. If so, this company, founded in December 1898, lasted exactly two years before being renamed the Telford & Chapman Manufacturing company. One of their premier products was horse blankets, which I don't think call for the use of wrenches, so maybe this isn't an example of their merchandise.
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"We have passed the time when people must have an article just as used by their fathers and a new thing if better than the old is quickly in demand."
Progress is fine...
I just came across one of these tools today. We used to call them bicycle wrenches where we were kids. Not very heavy-duty but good enough for tightening parts on a bike.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to know that the manufacture date can be narrowed won to just those years.