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Title: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 09, 2012, 04:08:50 PM

I finally got one of these today.  Who made it?

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: amertrac on February 09, 2012, 04:15:39 PM

I don't know who made but somebody took good care of it   bob w.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: rusty on February 09, 2012, 04:17:56 PM

Stanley rule and level, oddly...

Sure doesn't look like a wood plane...; P

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 09, 2012, 04:38:14 PM

Thanks guys for the compliments and for providing this wrench's provenance!

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 11, 2012, 04:04:17 PM

Datamp advise that the Triplet Wrench was made by The G. L. Holt Company of Hartford, CT.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: rusty on February 11, 2012, 04:41:52 PM

It is possible I suppose.

Strange for Stanley to have resold it instead of making it, but, odder things have happened...

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 11, 2012, 05:17:48 PM

Oui, c'est possible mon ami! D'accord.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Bus on February 11, 2012, 07:16:26 PM

Cope's book (page 170) also credits the G. I. Holt Co. of Hartford, Conn. as manufacturer. I recall reading that Stanley sold them for a while, can't remember how long but not very long.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Lewill2 on February 12, 2012, 09:02:58 AM

John Walter's Stanley Tools book states they are circa 1913. It also states that it was never listed in any catalog. 2 versions one marked Triplet and one marked with the patent date. 1996/1997 Walter's books valued them at $100-$250. I got mine for $10 a few years ago at a flea market. Patented 8/19/1913 John Anderson

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 12, 2012, 03:56:54 PM

What flea market provided you with a $10 Triplet?

And Bus, I rechecked the DATAMP site, and Gardiner Holt's middle initial was L.  It's written in such a skinny font that it looks like an I.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Bus on February 13, 2012, 07:00:44 AM

Your right the middle initial is "L" not "I".

I searched through past auctions and came up with three variants of the Triplet Wrench:

TRIPLET WRENCH PAT APPLIED FOR

THE TRIPLET PAT AUG 19, 1913

and an unmarked example that is, thicker, heavier, and with no notches for the tap wrenches

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Lewill2 on February 13, 2012, 08:47:13 AM

Well if I told you what flea market I get my deals at then everybody would know, it is to far north in PA for you Wrenchmensch.

Title: Re: Who made The Triplet Wrench?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on February 13, 2012, 02:36:21 PM

So, an IM would do.