Old flare nut wrenches

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Old flare nut wrenches

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Picked up these old flare nut /wp wrenches labeled blue point chicago. Any ideas on age?
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There are lots of variations in these, some have date codes on the back. so late 20s to early 30s
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They are mostly stamped -29 on back, one is stamped 6-28, and one has no stamp. Was not sure if these were date codes as those are usually one digit.
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Yes, date codes. Most al of the BP tools from the 20s are like that.
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Nice. Thanks snapmom!
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