Friday, January 8, 2016

Domspeco wrench



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.


https://localwiki.org/rock-island/Telford_and_Chapman_Manufacturing_Company
"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...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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.

Interesting to know that the manufacture date can be narrowed won to just those years.