# what's a metric crescent wrench? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874 "2001-11-01T06:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sandalwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@sandalwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalwood)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/1 "2001-11-01T06:44:19Z")
Right by my apartment complex there’s a rental store that has a billboard with funny puns every month like “Get a Natural High, Rent a ladder.” Or something like that. I just noticed the billboard again and this month it’s “Special on Metric Crescent Wrenches.” Okay I don’t get it what’s the pun? It’s really bothering me…Anyone get the joke? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/2 "2001-11-01T06:51:34Z")
Kinda [lame](http://www.gwally.com/pranks/office/0060.shtml) but better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![sandalwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@sandalwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalwood)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/3 "2001-11-01T06:59:26Z")
OOOOOHHHH… okay, hehhehheh I guess you have to be a tool person to know that ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/4 "2001-11-01T07:09:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sandalwood \* > \*\*OOOOOHHHH… > okay, hehhehheh > I guess you have to be a tool person to know that \*\* A **tool** person. Why, I never… ---
**Author:** ![BPBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BPBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BPBob)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/5 "2001-11-01T18:48:12Z")
Well, OK, I used to work plumbing & heating at Sears (yeah, there’s more for your life, etc., but never NEVER mention that “softer side” stuff to the tool person) right next to the hardware & tools. We had the mysterious crescent wrenches, along with the Swedish Fits-alls, grommel flanges and henways. Actually, they were Craftsman tools but they were metric, really. Said so right on em: 300mm. They were both but the henways were all English. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/6 "2001-11-01T19:07:10Z")
Metric is a kilogram, but an english henways about 2.2 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/7 "2001-11-01T19:29:33Z")
I currently own a “Left Handed” 300mm crescent wrench and a 12" standard (not “Left Handed”) Truth is there’s not much difference between the 12" and 300mm part of it. But the “Left Handed” bit comes from the little screw lookin thingie that opens and closes the jaws, it’s cut reverse on the leftie wrench **\<\\\> vs. \** I still get confused… ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/8 "2001-11-01T23:59:53Z")
I’ve got a metric oil filter wrench that I don’t need anymore (I traded in the import for a domestic). Maybe the store can sell it for me? Oh, and a radiator cap for my '68 VW Bug… ---
**Author:** ![sandalwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@sandalwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalwood)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/9 "2001-11-02T00:44:43Z")
No offense **don’t ask** … uh, I meant hardware literate person… yeah that’s it… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/10 "2001-11-02T01:36:50Z")
The proprietor of the page that [**don’t ask** linked](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1776466#post1776466) made a remarkable conversion error for a toolhead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-metric-crescent-wrench/90874/11 "2001-11-02T01:42:27Z")
Same thing as a “steam bucket”, a “sky hook” or a roll of “fallopian tubing”.