6" pipe wrench

[Charles Garrett]

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.

[lbgradwell]

I can tell you they took over the production of screwdriver after the collapse of H.D. Smith...






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[Charles Garrett]

Great info, thanks  to all

[mvwcnews]

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.)