My name is Don and live in Iowa.I am retired and my hobbies are grandkids,fishing and golf in that order.I have always been interested in tools and proably have to many but I am always looking for more.
I do have a question a friend contacted me today and he has a vintage pipe threader from American Pipe Tool Chicago No.12.I believe it has 5 dies and he wondered if I knew what it was worth. I told him I had no idea.Does anyone know anything about these. I know it belonged to his Dad and Bob is 81 so I know it is pretty old.Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Howdy and welcome, Don.  Good to have you here.  I enjoying fishing AND TOOLS myself.  I played golf once as a 15 year old.  My "new" step-dad took me and says to me in his training, "you know what to say when you hit the ball and its going towards people, right?".  I say, "NO".  "You yell at them WATCH THE !@#$% OUT".

A 1922 article in a plumbing specialty magazine noted the company as "of a new concern recently organized" by a W. H. Gabel, a former general manager of Crown Die & Tool.  Their address being listed as 123 South Jefferson in Chicago.  Their focus obviously on pipe tools.  Their start with the "American" portable pipe vise stand.

I may be wrong but that address rings my bell thinking back on NYE Tool & Die.  I need to go back and verify it's addresses.....but they were surely close if not in the same building.

Welcome to Tool Talk, Gabe!

Welcome :)

American Pipe Tool appears in indexes into the late 60's at least...
Listed before Armstrong, in alphabetical order LOL

Hi and welcome from Alberta

Welcome,
Aloha from Hawaii..
You have any photos?

Welcome from Florida.  I think you'll like this forum.  Nice people!!

Mike

Thank You All for the Nice welcome!