I went shopping for a small crescent wrench at Home Depot.  I found a wonderful and rather clever designed pliers that would outperform just about any small wrench I have in my tool kit.  Here is what I like about it:

• The jaws have a clever design that easily grabs any bolt size up to 1 and 1/2 inches.
• The jaws can open up to 2 and 1/4 inches for grabbing other items that do not come around to hit the wrench for 3/4 inch to 1 inch.
• There is a push button on one side that is used to release and quickly allow the jaws to slide open or closed.  This push button extends outward for about 1/2 inch to impede grabbing bolts that come out from a flat surface.  The way around this problem is to flip the wrench over and try to remove the bolt.
• The grips are comfortable.
• Only 8 inches in length.
• Both ends of the wrench can be used to ream or stretch out or ream pipe up to 1 and 1/2 inch pipe.
• Rust protection.
• Limited lifetime warranty.

Milwaukee 48-22-6208