pawn shop find

[G706]

Found this cool wrench for only $3 and couldn't resist adding to my tool box. Not sure I understand what they were thinking when they came up with this design. Metric on one end and English on the other?

 

[JOHNNYfromMI]

One end for taking off...the other for puttin on!
 

[Stick welding]

Cause one "nut" is always a little bigger than the other one. LoL
 

[paul]

Three bucks??????

Been in maybe 3 pawn shops, never saw any point to it, they would have that tool marked $25, you could always buy new tools for what the pawn shops around here charge.

Cool find, by the way. Probably not the handiest tool in use with the 2 big ends, but cool.

--->Paul
 

[BDT in Minnesota]

one end is for the nut who is turning a nut on the other end..
 

[Stephen Newell]

Are you sure it was a pawn shop and not photoshop!
 

[Tom in TN]

G706,

Congrats on your find. Like Paul said, I've never had much luck at pawn shops. Prices are usually way too high for my liking. I did find a set of chrome-plated 1/2 inch drive sockets one time for $25.00 or $30.00. No name tools, but I've used them a lot.

Thanks for the pic. That sure is a one-of-a-kind wrench.

Tom in TN
 

[WGWKy2]

You can get twice the work done!.
 

[L.C. Gray]

Never seen't a "double ender" Cresent b'fore...

Reckon thats for double nuttin'?
 

[BDT in Minnesota]

Forged Diamalloy Steel

Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Company of Duluth, Mn

my quess,, as I purchased Diamond Tool products new... Good tools, and their horseshoes sure do have a nice ring to them...
 

[Billy Shafer]

I would guess maybe for iron workers putting up buildings.Would have one less tool to carry around.
 

[BIG ED]

Can"t complain about pawn shops myself when I "did" a place at the flea market I was hooked up with 2.
One knew,and liked guns & jewlery,thought tools etc got the store dirty,plus knew little about tool value. I bought most of those things wholesale,some months half a pickup bed at a time.
Lot of people say most stuff is stolen,but this guy was tight with law,required photo I.D.,and took photo of seller.In that town the hot stuff went to a shop that did business DIFFRENT.
I got a computer generated invoice for everything I bought,and still have a file on them.
I"ve seen some pawn,pay off [or intrest] some items as long as a year??? Pickup 1 st,repawn late in month.
He had open records for LE,and held EVERYTHING at least 30 days.
Finally sold out to a retired banker,and I lost my "hook"
 

[MarkWV]

nice wrench, frequent 1 pawn shop that has bgin bin with all sockets .50 apiece, allways scrounge thru, find brand names,craftsman,proto mostly, got lot of sockets for little money,
 

[Inno]

Only thing wrong with that wrench is there is no hook for hanging it. That and I try to avoid using a crescent wrench at all costs, only as a last resort.
 

[Sean Feeney]

Sell it! There is one on E-bay now with 4 offers he wants $70

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