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Title: 6" pipe wrench
Post by: Charles Garrett on November 13, 2014, 06:41:26 PM

y son just brought ove a box of my treasures.   what can you tell me about a Stillson type marked TOBRIN, Plantsville  Conn. Perfect handle also.

Title: Re: 6" pipe wrench
Post by: lbgradwell on November 13, 2014, 06:46:47 PM

I can tell you they took over the production of screwdriver after the collapse of H.D. Smith...


(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/lbgradwell/TobrinScrewdriverCatalogue.jpg)



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Title: Re: 6" pipe wrench
Post by: Charles Garrett on November 14, 2014, 10:56:31 AM

Great info, thanks  to all

Title: Re: 6" pipe wrench
Post by: mvwcnews on November 14, 2014, 12:32:57 PM

The connection is that W. S. Thomson (who had many of the Perfect Handle patents ) was president of Tobrin, which apparently tried to start up in the early 1930s.  Don't know how long the company lasted.  (All this is based on a quick "google advanced book search" for Tobrin Plantsville with date range 1925 - 1940.)