Knipex Improvement On The Crescent Wrench

wnjj wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:

BarabooBob wrote:
"Adjustable jaw open-end wrench. Crescent is a brand name."

Vise Grip, Channel Lock, Allen Wrenches-there are other brand names that have become synonymous with a type of tool. When I ask my wife to hand me a tool, I usually use the name that she will associate with a type of tool. I was never politically correct and don't care that these are copyrighted names. If I asked my wife for an L-shaped metal bar with a hexagonal head at each end she would slap me up side the head for not saying Allen Wrench.

Not an 'allen' wrench either, it's a hex key. Allen was the first to produce then for the market. I call them what they are...Hex keys.

And the other 99.99 percent of us will continue to call them Crescent and Allens and know full well what is meant. Good luck asking a normal person for help grabbing tools.

Do you blow your nose in a facial tissue?

Amen, I worked with and as a mechanic in the metal working industry, and we referred to them as allen wrenches and crescent wrenches. Which is why the names are not capitalized. Makes you wonder what he calls a kleenex or a q-tip. And yes, they do indeed make metric crescent wrenches. Not a 6-inch crescent, it's a 150mm crescent.