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Offline Charles Garrett

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6" pipe wrench
« 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.
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Offline lbgradwell

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Re: 6" pipe wrench
« Reply #1 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...






Read more here: http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=1313.0
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Offline Charles Garrett

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Re: 6" pipe wrench
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2014, 10:56:31 AM »
Great info, thanks  to all
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Offline mvwcnews

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Re: 6" pipe wrench
« Reply #3 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.)
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