WW2 tools....

[Shovelhands]

I picked this up today, a mate was taking it to the tip!....I rescued it

Didn’t think much to it at first, nice big spanner, but most of all, a nice spiked end on it for aligning steel work......

Got it home and showed dad, and we quickly realised it was WW2 era.....and possibly army issue? Dad says that symbol is army?

As you can see, it has the date clearly stamped, but the makers name is obscured a bit, I can make out THOMAS&CO LTD, but there is text in front of the Thomas name, and I can’t make that out, not had any google luck yet, but will keep looking, wondered if anyone else has items like this from the same maker?

It’s 1 & 11/16” across the jaw, and is 28” tip to tip.

I’d love to know what it’s intended use would have been....we’ve been speculating on it, wondering if it was possibly used to assemble Bailey Bridges? How wonderful it would be if it was, my grandfather was in the Royal Engineers and assembled Bailey Bridges, and he could well have used very similar tools.....

If anyone knows anything about this item, then it would be very interesting to know more....

And if anyone has other interesting tools from that era then let’s see em

Gave it a wire brush up....

clearly see part of the makers name here, but not the first name?.....

 

[SuperTwo]

The broad arrow is a British govt/army ownership mark

 

[Clive]

I had some snap-on stuff given me that belonged to a guy that worked on the farm years ago and when I needed one of the ratchets servicing the dealer said the serial number would have ment it came to the uk with American airmen in ww2

 

[SuperTwo]

 

[Tim G]

Chas Thomas and Co LTD?

 

[Philip Watkins]

Chas Thomas and Co LTD?

Looks like that

 

[C.J]

A podger has a spanner head at one end of the shaft and a tapered spike (called a 'drift pin') at the other.




The drift pin is pushed into bolt holes of scaffolding, or other metal workpieces such as event staging, to line them up so a bolt can be passed through the holes without being forced and damaged.

 

[Philip Watkins]

From an ebay listing via google
"Chas Thomas & co were at Wainwright Street, Aston Manor, Birmingham. They made for the Military in WW1 & WW2 as well as the domestic market."

 

[phillipe]

I have seen one of these in a toolkit ,cant remember gor the life of me what for,maybe a tank tool kit?

 

[phillipe]

Maybe close

 

[Shovelhands]

From an ebay listing via google
"Chas Thomas & co were at Wainwright Street, Aston Manor, Birmingham. They made for the Military in WW1 & WW2 as well as the domestic market."

Got a link, Philip?

 

[Philip Watkins]

In the description of this (expired) listing http://www.ebay.ie/itm/201891662861

 

[Shovelhands]

Chas Thomas and Co LTD?

Did you know the name? Or deduced it from the pic? ....

Tbh I could see part of the ‘H’ and ‘AS’..... but couldn’t think of anything else other than CHAS! But thought it couldn’t possibly be CHAS?....I don’t know why I thought that, Chas just doesn’t seem like a name of that era, to me anyway......

Looks like you’ve hit the nail right on the head though

 

[phillipe]

In the description of this (expired) listing http://www.ebay.ie/itm/201891662861

Expensive chopper?

 

[wr.]

Thank goodness you happened to be in the right place at the right time. My son recently saved a load of old stuff from the skip at a job he was helping a mate at. It included two Villiers Mk 10 engines - one is on a Wolseley double shearing machine. Some beautiful old spanners too.
Some of his "junk" here

 

[wr.]

Did you know the name? Or deduced it from the pic? ....

Tbh I could see part of the ‘H’ and ‘AS’..... but couldn’t think of anything else other than CHAS! But thought it couldn’t possibly be CHAS?....I don’t know why I thought that, Chas just doesn’t seem like a name of that era, to me anyway......

Looks like you’ve hit the nail right on the head though

Short for Charles

 

[wr.]

While we're on old stuff, what's this off? It's been in the barn since I was a little un.

 

[Tim G]

Did you know the name? Or deduced it from the pic? ....

Tbh I could see part of the ‘H’ and ‘AS’..... but couldn’t think of anything else other than CHAS! But thought it couldn’t possibly be CHAS?....I don’t know why I thought that, Chas just doesn’t seem like a name of that era, to me anyway......

Looks like you’ve hit the nail right on the head though

Could make out the A and just about S, H or R or B, only name I could think of was Chas but, like you, thought it unlikely. Ended up googling chas thomas and it came up with ebay tool listings so thought it must be right.

 

[Shovelhands]

Could make out the A and just about S, H or R or B, only name I could think of was Chas but, like you, thought it unlikely. Ended up googling chas thomas and it came up with ebay tool listings so thought it must be right.

I just ebay searched the name, and it cam up with an Axe. Must be the one you’ve found too?

Doesn’t look like the same ad as @Philip Watkins found?...or is it?

That’s got to be the maker, although the name on my Podger is written straight and not in a circular logo, like the axe, but the Co Ltd is written the same, and the but that hard to read must be CHAS, it can’t be anything else really.

A goolgle search of the name doesn’t bring anything up, not that I can find anyway.

 

[Philip Watkins]

I just ebay searched the name, and it cam up with an Axe. Must be the one you’ve found too?

Doesn’t look like the same ad as @Philip Watkins found?...or is it?

That’s got to be the maker, although the name on my Podger is written straight and not in a circular logo, like the axe, but the Co Ltd is written the same, and the but that hard to read must be CHAS, it can’t be anything else really.

A goolgle search of the name doesn’t bring anything up, not that I can find anyway.

I did find another axe listing but it didn't have the info on the maker.