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Title: Perfect Handles
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on May 21, 2012, 01:12:09 PM: Here is my modest collection of PH wrenches. Not trying to catch up to Papaw, I just think that HD Smith made very attractive tools. The top two big guys are new.

(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb373/johnsironsanctuary/My%20Wrenches/PerfectHandles.jpg)
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 21, 2012, 02:17:35 PM: An excellent start!

Keep an eye out for metal-handled Perfect Handle monkey and pipe wrenches (see examples below). The "SIS" boss on the two monkey wrenches stands for Semper Idem Steel (Always the same steel).

Also look for Trimont-made and Russwin Registered Perfect Handle wooden-handled monkey wrenches. The larger SIS wrench, for example, was made by Trimont Manufacturing using the Perfect Handle branding. It was used by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N RR).
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: scottg on May 21, 2012, 03:46:23 PM: Oooooooooh I really like that little pipe wrench!!!
Nothing wrong with the monkeys,
but I think when we are all long gone and another 100 years of wrench collecting has gone under the bridge??
The PH pipe wrenches will be found to be the scarcer pattern of the adjustable pH wrenches. I don't see near so many of those.
yours Scott
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 21, 2012, 04:02:14 PM: You like it because .........
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: RedVise on May 21, 2012, 06:21:22 PM: Quote from: scottg on May 21, 2012, 03:46:23 PM
Oooooooooh I really like that little pipe wrench!!!

Yep, me too ! Is that a 6" ? It would look very nice in my drawer of 6" pipe wrenches.

Brian L.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: rusty on May 21, 2012, 07:29:08 PM: You have a drawer full of 6" pipe wrenches?

Hmm, how do we *know* you have a drawer full?

It's not like we have a picture......[hint hint]

...I do like the proportions on the little PH wrenches, they seem well balanced...
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 21, 2012, 08:21:33 PM: Yes, the smaller SIS is a 6-inch monkey wrench.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: RedVise on May 21, 2012, 08:29:39 PM: Dang, I'm getting called out !!

Here's a pic, I just dont see a Perfect Handle in there anywhere...

Brian L.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: bunger on May 21, 2012, 08:42:23 PM: Here's a close up of the SIS marking

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/mayo4/old%20Tools%20and%20Toys/100_2478.jpg)

I got a few HD Smith wrenches

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/mayo4/old%20Tools%20and%20Toys/100_2485.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/mayo4/old%20Tools%20and%20Toys/100_2493.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/mayo4/old%20Tools%20and%20Toys/100_2491.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/mayo4/old%20Tools%20and%20Toys/100_2492.jpg)
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: scottg on May 22, 2012, 11:03:46 AM: Here is my own 6" club. What here is left, that is.
I sold off about 1/2 of them in a fit of insanity a few years back.

Also the last handle fills I did. The big one are no harder to do than the little ones. Might even be a little easier.
yours Scott
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 22, 2012, 01:14:49 PM: An 18-inch Perfect Handle pipe wrench I found in a dark corner of an antique store years ago. There are bigger ones out there, and I may find a 24-inch someday, one never knows. Scott, looks like the bottom one in your picture above is also an 18-incher.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Neals on May 22, 2012, 02:33:20 PM: Does anyone know what the largest H. D. Smith perfect handle monkey wrench is? Does anyone have a 21" or larger?
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: scottg on May 22, 2012, 04:14:44 PM: Mine is 18" too. (sniff)
yours Scott
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 22, 2012, 05:00:49 PM: Here are two of my favorite 6-inch adjustables. I found the WH B&C when I first started collecting wrenches. The little Meadville I found in the last year.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: rusty on May 22, 2012, 05:29:27 PM: >Does anyone have a 21" or larger?

I don't have one, but there is such a monster
http://www.greatplanestrading.com/HUM11/HUM11_601AC-tb.html
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: RedVise on May 22, 2012, 07:27:01 PM: Quote from: Wrenchmensch on May 22, 2012, 05:00:49 PM
Here are two of my favorite 6-inch adjustables. I found the WH B&C when I first started collecting wrenches. The little Meadville I found in the last year.

Now those are sweet !! As soon as I can find a Perfect Handle, I will look for a B&C, and then.....

I gotta go !

Brian L.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Neals on May 23, 2012, 01:51:56 AM: Thanks Rusty! I have a 21 " and was wondering if that was the largest. Also wondering how common they were. I found lots of smaller ones online but only 1 from an old auction. Missed the one you found. I've only seen a couple of smaller ones at sales and someone else wanted them worse than me.
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: bunger on May 23, 2012, 05:51:40 AM: Smith catalog shows pipe wrenches in 8,10,14,18 & 24 inch size. Monkey wrenches in 6, 8,10,12,15,18 & 21 inches
Title: Re: Perfect Handles
Post by: Neals on May 23, 2012, 12:46:24 PM: Thanks Bunger! So I need 6 more to have a set. Could take a long time or cost a bundle. At least I think I have the hard to find one.