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<p>[QUOTE="RustyDysty, post: 9731784, member: 85149"]The wooden handle is most definitely for a metal file or wood rasp but the pipe wrench handle looks to be a spud wrench. Spud wrenches were and presumably still used by iron workers erecting structural steel beams. The pointy end was used to line two holes up so a bolt or rivet could be inserted and then tightened with the wrench end. Never saw a pipe wrench with that feature and I can't imagine why it would be necessary. Although a pipe wrench probably predates the typical adjustable wrench we have today. The pic is of a typical spud wrench [ATTACH=full]473982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RustyDysty, post: 9731784, member: 85149"]The wooden handle is most definitely for a metal file or wood rasp but the pipe wrench handle looks to be a spud wrench. Spud wrenches were and presumably still used by iron workers erecting structural steel beams. The pointy end was used to line two holes up so a bolt or rivet could be inserted and then tightened with the wrench end. Never saw a pipe wrench with that feature and I can't imagine why it would be necessary. Although a pipe wrench probably predates the typical adjustable wrench we have today. The pic is of a typical spud wrench [ATTACH=full]473982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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