Talk:Crowbar (tool)

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Anyone know where the name Crowbar came from? Why Crow?

See this: http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/crowbar.asp Kieff | Talk 12:58, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Crowbar vs Jemmy 2 Origin 3 Corrected Error 4 Pinch Bar 5 Etymology phrasing

[edit] Crowbar vs Jemmy

Is a Crowbar also called a Jemmy?

I know a crowbar as a long (6 feet or so) bar, with a chisel-point, and a jemmy bar as a two or three-foot bar, with both a chisel point, and a splayed hook for removing nails. I've used both for lifting and shifting heavy stuff, but only the jemmy bar for opening wooden boxes and removing nails. --Martin Rudat(T|@|C) 11:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Jemmy or jimmy, both appear to be correct. There isn't any mention of them though here or in a separate article. -Yupik 07:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The British "crowbar", five or six feet long with a chisel end, is dealt with under the American term spud bar. This "crowbar" is the American term for the thing called a jemmy in Britain. --Richard New Forest (talk) 18:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

This American knows the object described in the lede as a "pry bar"; to me a "crowbar" is as MartinRudat describes it. I've never, ever, heard of a "spud bar". What does DARE say (if anything)? 121a0012 (talk) 04:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin

I think it would be of interest to mention the era and area in which the crowbar first appeared.

I second that NoItAl 05:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corrected Error

Martin is actualy correct - a Crowbar is a Long, Straight bit of metal, with a chisel point. The Type of "Crowbar" Discussed in this Article Is actualy called a "Wrecking Bar" - The reason that the article is called "Crowbar" is that Wrecking bars are incorrectly known as Crowbars in the common vernacular. Churba 16:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pinch Bar

My grandad calls it a "pinch bar". I'm not sure if this refers to them being used by thieves to break open doors and "pinch" peoples property, or the way that the end can pinch something back....

[edit] Etymology phrasing

I restructured the etymology section. previously it started with the false version, tells them its false, assures them its false and then tells the correct history. To add more credence to the actual history and give it a less pleading tone I rearranged it to make the true statement first followed by a mention of the false history. I tried to clean up the wording as well but it might need some refinement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmkrantz (talk • contribs) 09:47, 26 April 2008 (UTC)