Crescent wrench operating indicator

In an adjustable wrench including a body, a handle, and a pair of jaws, at least one of which is movable toward and away from the other jaw, and a rotatable adjustment screw manually operable to cause jaw opening and closing, the improvement comprising:

• a first tactual relatively roughened surface area disposed on at least one side of the wrench body closely adjacent one radial edge of said adjustment screw;
• a second tactual relatively smooth surface area, tactually distinguishable from the first surface area, and being disposed on at least said one side of the wrench body closely adjacent another radial edge of said adjustment screw opposite said one radial edge;
• and
• the rough to smooth surface area transition direction across the adjustment screw indicating the direction of rotation of the adjustment screw to cause intended jaw movement in one direction.