Tools worthy of a mention.

[Stere]

Both  brands are now owned by snap-on so maybe?

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

So far my dad is the only person I know to call them shifters. You've doubled the list!

[roboted]

37 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

So far my dad is the only person I know to call them shifters. You've doubled the list!

Treble it. Known them as shifters since I went to sea. Preffered brand Bacho, 10 ".

[sime42]

I thought everyone called them Adjustables.

 

The thing is with that 4 piece multipack; as nice as they are, surely you'd only ever need the smallest and biggest pair for everyday jobs? There's a large degree of overlap by their very nature.

 

[roys]

I tend to use my 6” and 10” shifters the most, but as you can see from my pic the 6” shifter on my tool board is am imposter.

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, roboted said:

Treble it. Known them as shifters since I went to sea. Preffered brand Bacho, 10 ".

Well he went to sea as an apprentice engineer with Esso, so maybe that's the common thread.

[roboted]

1 minute ago, Dan Maynard said:

Well he went to sea as an apprentice engineer with Esso, so maybe that's the common thread.

AFAIK It's always been a seagoing term. Filters ashore eventually. 

[monkeybusiness]

4 hours ago, roboted said:

AFAIK It's always been a seagoing term. Filters ashore eventually. 

They were called shifters on the Australian trawler I worked on 30 years ago. 

[doobin]

Rothnburger adjustables for me. 
 

and knipex for swan necks, nothing else comes remotely close there. 

[difflock]

I would know them as a "shifting wrench", and would not dirty my hands with owt but  Bacho brand shifting wrenches.

I blagged a 15" and an 18" in the last days  a  genuine( local independant firm) closing down sale. I dread to imagine what they would have cost otherwise.