Trimont Mfg. Co.

[d42jeep]

An amazing transformation for not using evaporust!
Here is mine that came with my summer cabin.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

@Leviton - you should post those "before and after" shots over in the "cleaning" thread with your "secret forumla".
Pretty amazing results there.

 

[Garage Junkie]

Here is No 1 pipe cutter I recently acquired:

 

[3baygarage]

These Trimo monkey wrenches have always struck me as a thing of beauty. I’ve never really studied them or anything. I have a couple around, but this 8” I picked up this year is probably as clean as I’ll find out and about. It was the estate of a former tool dealer and I haven’t removed his old price sticker.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm not a rabid Trimont collector, I have a few pieces on the thread, from several years ago, but this little pipe wrench from the 1930's caught my eye this morning at the flea. Not even the large proprietary marking carved into the handle could detract from the appeal of the prolific markings, even the nut stabilizers are marked, and I am especially fond of the "CR-MO" (Chrome Molybdenum). Speaking of the nut guards. I can see why they are missing from so many specimens. I have serious doubts they were all lost. I can imagine many of them being thrown across a shop never to be seen again. It's been a long time since my wife had to crack the basement door open at the top of the stairs down to the Lugzsonian and ask me if everything was okay down there. Let's just say it's not an easy pipe wrench to re-assemble and leave it at that!

 

[Leviton]

I'm not a rabid Trimont collector, I have a few pieces on the thread, from several years ago, but this little pipe wrench from the 1930's caught my eye this morning at the flea. Not even the large proprietary marking carved into the handle could detract from the appeal of the prolific markings, even the nut stabilizers are marked, and I am especially fond of the "CR-MO" (Chrome Molybdenum). Speaking of the nut guards. I can see why they are missing from so many specimens. I have serious doubts they were all lost. I can imagine many of them being thrown across a shop never to be seen again. It's been a long time since my wife had to crack the basement door open at the top of the stairs down to the Lugzsonian and ask me if everything was okay down there. Let's just say it's not an easy pipe wrench to re-assemble and leave it at that!

That's the way to mark your tool. Go big or go home. I like it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's the way to mark your tool. Go big or go home.

Haha. Right? They managed to mark it with "Trimont" or "TRIMO" nine (9) times. Nine! On a tool that is 8 inches long!

 

[Vywr]

Just finished restoring this 6" wrench. It was rusty and forgotten at my work.

I tried rust bluing on the main body, and I'm pretty happy with the results for my first time trying that process. I coated it with a thin layer of tung oil and baked it on.

The nut and nut guard were heated with a torch and dropped into vegetable oil; I think this is called 'oil bluing' sometimes. I was surprised at how similar the two bluing processes looked in the end, despite their differences.

 

[B Halverson]

One I cleaned up;

 

[d42jeep]

After finding this 24” Trimo pipe wrench at a recent estate sale, I decided to gather all the Trimo pipe wrenches for a group shot.
All the Trimos together.
-Don