Who made The Triplet Wrench?

[Wrenchmensch]

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

[amertrac]

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

[rusty]

Stanley rule and level, oddly...

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

[Wrenchmensch]

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

[Wrenchmensch]

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

[rusty]

It is possible I suppose.

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

[Wrenchmensch]

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

[Bus]

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.

[Lewill2]

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

[Wrenchmensch]

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.

[Bus]

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

[Lewill2]

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.

[Wrenchmensch]

So, an IM would do.