btw.... it is a combination wrench.... a spanner on one end and a closed toothed wrench on the other
and don't get me started about crescent....
I'm not having a go here, I'm genuinely interested. In English English, the term Spanner is used for a tool which is used on fasteners (ie nuts and bolts), whereas the term Wrench is used for a tool which is used on pipe fittings and the like. Is there no distinction made between these two tool types in American English?
In American English a "wrench" is any type of spanner with usually a descriptor. So a "pipe Wrench" would be for pipes (although it is often called a "monkey wrench"), open-end wrench, combination etc. Unfortunately most people call an "adjustable open ended wrench" a "Crescent wrench" as they originally were made by the Crescent tool company. The term "spanner" is just not used in American English.
BTW.... the long screw driver in my picture is called a "Yankee screwdriver".
