When it comes to the origin of the Allen wrench, we must first start with the Allen screw. In some non English speaking countries in Europe, "Allen key" is called "UNBRAKO key". This "UNBRAKO" is actually the earliest hexagon socket screw brand, founded by the American SPS company (standard pressed steel company) around 1911. SPS company imported a kind of socket head screw from Britain earlier, but the price is very expensive. In order to save costs, SPS company decided to produce it by itself. H T. Hallowell said in his memoirs: "we began to try to make screws w