[grues-dinner]

It could be a second-hand wrench. Or maybe smuggled in without tariffs: a 1-foot, 3-pound wrench is $3.45 on Taobao (including shipping, a pair of gloves and a roll of PTFE tape). It might not be Snap-On but it'll probably survive being hit with a few crypto speculator skulls.

[krisoft]

Or a stolen wrench. If you are already on the path of criminality.

[lazide]

Hey man, some of us have limits (/s)

Seriously though, most B&E’s will use tools stolen from some prior victim. Why spend money you don’t need to, or something.

[dylan604]

Or tools from the current victim. Someone broke into my house using the utensils from my grill on the patio to try to pry open a rear window before just using them to break the glass.

[grues-dinner]

Also you can't be filmed at the hardware shop buying the weapon. Premeditation makes things worse if you do get caught.

[brewdad]

The key is to have made the investment long ago. I never put money in crypto but I do own two large pipe wrenches from the mid 1990s.