Another wrench found at Liberty Tool and another name I've not seen before. According to a thread at Garage Journal, Dayton tools were sold by Grainger and made by either Bonney or Thorsen. Not a lot more information that I can find, this wrench is a lot plainer than the one shown at Garage Journal, marked with only USA at one end and an odd little "w" on the other end. (Not referring to the big owners initial filed in next to USA!).
The “W” is probably the previous owner’s mark for identifying his stuff.
ReplyDelete"Dayton" has been Grainger's house brand name for a long time. I remember owning Grainger products with the Dayton name as far back as the mid 1980's.
ReplyDeleteLooking at Dayton wrenches on eBay, many of them have little symbols in that same spot where the small "w" is. It may be a vendor code, so they know who made the wrench. It's an odd location though.
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