Rating Summary
“An old pattern is back in a modern form”
- a Craftsman Club Member, Tool Fanatic
- Pros
- Craftsman, Lifetime Warranted, Available in Metric sizes, Highly-polished finish, standard and nutdriver engagement modes, Magnet fastener holder
- Cons
- A little more bulky than a combo wrench, Not US made
Craftsman Dog Bone Wrenches —
Craftsman Dog Bone wrenches have been sought after collectible and user tools for several decades, often bringing in **** prices of over $100 each.
The wrench is basically an eight-sized wrench, with two rotatable heads - hence the Dog Bone reference.
The original wrench pattern was available in the fractional sized head, with 12 point socket openings, using the standard-finish/ raised panel handle design.
Enter, early this year, the NEW metric and fractional Craftsman, highly-polished, 6 point socket opening Dog Bone wrenches - for only $19.99 each!
These are very handy tools, set up several store displays using them, to own and are collectible tools from the moment you buy/give them.
Like most Craftsman Mechanics' Hand tools; they're lifetime warranted.
The rotating heads allow the sockets to be used in either a right-angle standard socket wrench configuration or the sockets can be rotated in such a way as to use them as really BIG nutdriver tools.
These tools would make fantastic additions to folks' tool boxes, who don't want to fish through 8 different sizes of individual wrenches to get a quick job done, or as first wrenches for folks that don't have the room for an 8 piece set of Craftsman combination wrenches.
The 6 point socket openings will get a better grip on fastener heads and on slightly worn heads than the old 12 point opening tool does.
There is also an 8 pound pull magnet included with this new Dog Bone wrench that will really hold fasteners to the wrench, while removing multiple fasteners.
Which means I will be owning both old and new Dog Bone wrenches.
These are truly unique looking and feeling tools, that almost any tool user/ collector should really enjoy owning.
