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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Open ended spanner.

« on: October 03, 2017, 11:42:11 am »

One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).

WOW,  that is a big open-ended spanner (wrench)

33 millimeters = 1.3 inches, ………. and 40 millimeters = 1.57 inches

What is its length, ……. 12 inches or so.

I’m guessing the “grooves” in the piece of paneling are nigh onto 4” centers.

I have measured: the lenght of the wrench is 38 cm, it's 14,96 inches. Not so huge, but big enough. :-)

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Open ended spanner.

« on: October 03, 2017, 11:39:01 am »

Just a guess...maybe a wrench that came with the GeDe (Gerurtson Deventer) tractor?

Who knows... :-)
I could not find a brand sign (I don't know, how you call a sign/mark of a brand name exactly) from GeDe on the Internet. Just this "writing" on the front of their tractors.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Open ended spanner.

« on: October 02, 2017, 12:54:19 pm »

The mark is G D Co.

The only G D Co for tools I found is a company in India that specialized in specialty tools, garden tools, etc.

Hi KC,

Thanks a lot!
I'll check that.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Open ended spanner.

« on: October 02, 2017, 12:52:44 pm »

First question is, are the slots/openings in both ends of the spanner (wrench) the same width ….. in centimeters?

Now I said centimeters because the “logo” looks to be non-English.

Anyway, if both are the same size then it is my opinion that it is a per se “specialty” wrench that was included with a purchased item for making either “dimensional” adjustments to the mechanism or for quickly loosening up or tightening down a part of the mechanism,

Normally, (double ended) open-end spanners/wrenches are made to fit two (2) sizes of nuts.

Hi Cogar,

Thanks a lot!
No, they are different in size. One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Open ended spanner.

« on: October 02, 2017, 12:47:48 pm »

Well,, I was totally in the dark as to what a spanner was !!   Surprised to find it was a wrench !!  I have no idea about foreign made tools !!  I had quite a few of American made vintage wrenches but gave them to a friend to use !!  Almost no value here !!

Hi Mart,

Yes, You are right. Maybe it seems, I'm not a native English speaker, so I've just searched the word in the dictionary. Maybe spanner is the British version... :-) Wrench, yes.

Best wishes;
Csaba from Hungary, Europe

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Antique Questions Forum / Open ended spanner.

« on: October 01, 2017, 04:47:14 am »

Hi dear Members,

I'm here again, just for Your happiness. :-)
Not so long ago I've bought an old open ended spanner. The seller told me, that could be 100 years old. There is a brand sign on the spanner.
I haven't found yet what that is. My brother told me, that can be Gedore, but it's very unsure.
Has anyone seen a sign like this?

Thanks a lot.

Best wishes;
Csaba

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What can be this?

« on: June 28, 2017, 01:21:04 pm »

Hi Cogar,

Thanks a lot. That has helped a lot... :-)
I suspected, that (C) was CIRCA, but I wasn't sure...

Best wishes;
Csabi

On the web page it's written C1900/10, but I don't know what that is. Around, or between 1900-1910?

What that normally means is, ...... your item was produced or manufactured from the year Circa 1900 up to and including the year Circa 1910, ..... or in other words, .... was produced for or during one of those eleven (11) consecutive years, ..... and thus the exact year that your item was produced is not known, ...... but for sure it was during that time period.

Hopes that helps.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What can be this?

« on: June 26, 2017, 12:37:24 pm »

Hello Neil,

I'm sorry, but could you tell me still what year this tin could be made? On the web page it's written C1900/10, but I don't know what that is. Around, or between 1900-1910?
Thanks a lot again. :-)

Best wishes;
Csaba

Hello Csaba;

Maybe this will help...http://www.theantiquedispensary.co.uk/stock-items/dairy-and-grocer/watson-hanwell-tin-milk-can-king-son-east-dulwich/

Good Luck;
Neil (BTW: My Grandparents came to the US from Budapest in 1903.)

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What can be this?

« on: June 26, 2017, 12:22:48 pm »

Hello dear Mart,

Thanks for the kind welcome!

Best wishes;
Csaba

Hi there Csaba!!  Welcome to the forum !!  Thats a nice buy !!  There is very little Rauville does not know !!  If he doesn`t know it,,he can surely find it !!  Neat old milk can !!  I like it !!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What can be this?

« on: June 26, 2017, 12:20:00 pm »

Hello dear Rauville,

Thanks a lot! It's fantastic. :-) In a military shop... :-))

Best wishes;
Csaba

Hello Csaba;

Maybe this will help...http://www.theantiquedispensary.co.uk/stock-items/dairy-and-grocer/watson-hanwell-tin-milk-can-king-son-east-dulwich/

Good Luck;
Neil (BTW: My Grandparents came to the US from Budapest in 1903.)

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Antique Questions Forum / What can be this?

« on: June 25, 2017, 11:31:10 am »

Hi everyone,

My name is Csaba Bari and I'm from Budapest, Hungary.
I collect every kind of old things...

Now I have a question:
What can this be? I have bought this in a military shop, here in Budapest, but the seller did not know what this was... :-)
I haven't found any information about that on the internet yet.
Would you be so kind to inform me, if you can?

Thanks a lot. :-)

On the top of the "can" is written J. N. Watson; on the side of it: 45 Grosvenor Rd Hanwell, H King & Son, East Dulwich London and maybe S E 23...

Thanks again.

Bye.