Crescent

Overview

• ‍ 1907 Crescent Tool Company founded in Jamestown, New York, USA by Karl Peterson.  Mr. Peterson was President from 1907 to 1933.  Born in Malmo, Sweden in 1866.
• ‍1908 Crescent Adjustable Wrench Engineering drawings dated back to 1908, illuminates the fundamentals of the first adjustable wrench produced in America.
• ‍1927 The company was kick-started by Detroit and the Ford Model T.   An adjustable wrench and slip-joint pliers (MoToR KiT) was supplied with every car.
• ‍1930 Crescent introduced Crestoloy® alloy wrenches at the request of the US Army Air Corps. Crestoloy and similar alloys soon replaced carbon steel as the preferred material for the manufacture of hand tools.
• ‍1938 Fighting for freedom - Seabees always had the proper sized wrench because they carried Crescent® adjustables wherever they went.  100% of production went to the war effort.

Features

• Crescent tools are built for those who bring expertise to the job each day. Built for those who understand the importance of quality and superior performance. And that it is not just horsepower but brainpower that gets the job done right
• the jaws are almost parallel to the handle