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Offline dimwittedmoose51

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Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« on: October 20, 2013, 07:21:39 AM »
I picked this 12" Trimo up at an estate sale for $5 and wondered if this was the original paint color for it??  The paint looks factory enough, but was wondering if the owner just never used it or whether he may have done to such lengths to restore it.  All the others I see are down to the bare metal and pretty much "rode hard and put up wet".  No pits on this baby!!!


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Re: Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2013, 09:29:26 AM »
That's a very nice example!

A few years back, a fellow at the GJ posted a photo of his NOS Trimo pipe wrench. I can't find the thread right now, but here's a photo I grabbed for my files:



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Re: Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2013, 01:02:17 PM »
Havin' that tag is very cool.....mine isn't new  by any means, but it would grade a 9.5 on a scale of 10 for used ones.

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Re: Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 04:54:37 PM »
What is the largest of the Trimo pipe/monkey wrenches?

On ebay I saw 6,8,10,12, 15, 18, & 21 inchers.
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Re: Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 11:38:16 PM »
Just saw this in a old trade magazine 1909

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Re: Anyone Ever Seen A Brand New 12" Trimo Monkey Wrench??
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2013, 03:27:51 AM »
It could be factory, the other two examples are pipe wrenches, and yours is flst face.  The working parts are bare, I don't know if they would grind the flats or not.