Bob,

My guess is that it is a quality control escapee; either that or it has
been abused at one time or another. I cannot imagine one like that being
purpose-built.

Are you SURE that that is the original jaw??

Flash



"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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The jaws on this wrench are not parallel:

http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg

Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the "ways",
but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that way. It
seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor quality? But
that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian. It says drop
forged, if that helps.

Bob