Knipex Improvement On The Crescent Wrench

Is there a metric version?

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NRALIFR wrote:
Is there a metric version?

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Good one NR.. Good one

I have a few toolis that are sort orf like that. I do not like 'em. I prefer a real adjustable (Screw adjust) not a lever adjust cause I don't always have the ablitly to hold the lever.

I Prefer a left handed, metric Crescent wrench.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:


Like any top quality tool this sucker ain't cheap at $50 but then neither is gasoline or postage to exchange lifetime garbage.

Not a 'Crescent' wrench anyway. It's an adjustable open end wrench.

Crescent tool is one of the producers and was the original maker.

Get your nomenclature correct.

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 Moi

I forgot the kwestion mark after the title in the subject line... Perdon! Myself I prefer a good dedicated 12 point wrench.

But I do like "T" handle nut drivers.

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?

Hey, can you Xerox this for me?

Sidecar was the 2nd person to say something.

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.

Here we are seriously discussing tools and NRA wants to bring that metric stuff!