08/11/2023
“A man chooses, a slave obeys” - Andrew Ryan
An eBay seller was asking for $30 for this PLVMB pipe wrench which is a steal for a 1950’s era tool! I thought it looked eerily similar to the iconic wrench from the Bioshock video game franchise - one of my all time favorite games.
It arrived disassembled and somewhat poorly packaged allowing the parts to chip off some of the paint. I used an X-ACTO knife to remove the red paint from the heel jaw and spring, then polished it up with a steel brush.
“Would you kindly” , leave a comment and let me know what you think?
More Info:
According to “zeet” from garagejournal.com -
The company (PLVMB) was always called "Plomb". The man that started it was Alphonse Plomb. Ol' Alphonse was a whiz at building tools but apparently not much at trademarking or social skills... A company named "Plumb" from the east coast that specialized in hammers and hatchets challenged him in court. As I understand it, an agreement was initially reached whereby Plomb could retain the name provided they refrained from building....hammers or hatchets! Sure enough Plomb built hammers. Plumb took Plomb back to court and won the case. The court said "No more Plomb" and made Plomb grind the name off their current crop of tools…but permitted Plomb to produce tools for a short transitional period with the legend "Proto by Plomb Tool Co." around 1948-49.