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As a plumber I can say that the Whitechapel is a tee wrench and your wrench is a wye. So I am going to double down on it being a gas cock wrench and say it is very similar to the other wrench, but not the same. Bronze would be fairly expensive for a wrench to tighten bed frames.

My back and knees hurt just looking at that! 😒

So many different methods and styles to run a small business.

Does anyone remember Harley-Davidson back in the early days? I'm not a Harley guy (I do ride some MX), but in the early 80s we had a shop here in my little town. It was tiny and unimpressive. Then they went full on 'retail', I suppose some folks at the top got very wealthy during the transition.

Many folks believe that regulation will eventually squeeze out the mom and pop, and the big hitters will take it all over. And they will gladly take your CC for payment, no added fees.

Being bronze it is likely a gas valve wrench. Many gas related tools were bronze to not make sparks like iron tools can

Yes, the whole "fireman" thing could well be a corruption of Firmin as you say. Hard to separate fact from fiction, especially when fiction can spread so fast on the Internet. I always assume that half of what I read on the Internet is wrong (this site excepted, of course!). The problem is knowing which half…

It's just a wrench. My grandfather had one. It works for whatever it fits on.

Not for me, no. I'll take them and charge the 3.5% fee, but 99% of my clients don't want to pay that fee and neither do I.