Fred Rednor wrote:
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> Brook,
> Thanks for building the Web pages and posssint all the
> photos. Of course it all really makes me wonder why they kept
> making little changes to the appearance of the wrench. Other
> than those minor changes, the wrench doesn't seem to have
> changed over the years (except for the style of plating). Is
> it thatthe tooling kept wearing out and the changes occurred as
> new tools were made for the forgings? Or what?
Yes, every time the tooling wears out it needs to be remade. And when it is remade the lettering is remade. And the lettering is often remade by someone who didn't do the original tooling so, as a consequence, it comes out different. And NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION TO THE CHANGE WHEN THIS HAPPENS until decades later when one collector says to another collector, "Hey did you notice these two parts have different style letters?" and then the other collector says, "Hey, I know, let's ask Valentino when the change occurred in the letter styles! YEAH, that's the ticket!!!"
Ho, ho, ho... Merry Xmas!!!
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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