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Offline skipskip

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Tobrin and HD Smith connection?
« on: February 19, 2014, 09:21:45 PM »
I have a couple of Perfect handle screwdrivers labeled "Tobrin", Plantsville  CT.

can anyone connect them to HD Smith?

they have perfect handle  and Plantsville in common.

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Re: Tobrin and HD Smith connection?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 11:03:43 PM »
Preliminary "snippet view" results of a google / books search show that William S. Thomson -- had some of the Perfect Handle tool patents & was the first President of Tobrin  Tool when it formed in 1923.
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Re: Tobrin and HD Smith connection?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2014, 11:08:36 PM »
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Re: Tobrin and HD Smith connection?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2014, 11:25:46 PM »
Most of that was discussed here- http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=1313.0
How soon we forget -- I see I'd done a better job of finding pertinent text last October.  Maybe I better concentrate on the MVWC Spring Meeting stuff, the March newsletter & the MVWC Membership Directory.