I should have probably responded to the list rather than pmail. Those wrenches are used for specialty hardware used for security purposes. You will find that they are used in elevator cover plates, payphone hardware, ATM covers, and sometimes bathroom stalls. They are installed to frustrate the occasional vandal. The tools to remove these are more difficult to obtain. The small post in the hex hole is what makes these hardware different. They also come in different numbered sides (triangle, square, and pentagon). There is no benefit in having these in areas where a vandal cannot get to it anyway. Too much of a nuisance to have to use a special tool. It would be good for fog light installations, license plates, water drain flaps. things that the local neighborhood punk might try to steal. Of course the pro's have these tools. BenT San Francisco |
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