In my youth I was instructed that a Stillson Wrench always had taped jaws and teeth to grip a pope. While a Monkey wench was used on the collar of pipe fittings and was even across it's mouth and had no teeth to grab at the fitting as this was not necessary, and only did damage to the fitting of a pipe.

In addition, when working with a Stillson Wrench, one could take a larger pipe and slide it on to a pipe so that one could break the tightened fit of a pope that has become locked to another. Further, this ia called a cheater and should never use a cheater on a fitting because it will most likely break the fitting or damage it so that later the fitting will break.

I have found these to be true observations when working with popes in general and especially large steel pipes.

I hear workers who use wood and contraction activities call both corded and cordless power tools a drill. When in fact the name for the tool is a hole shooter. In addition, I have a Saws All, which is a reciprocating saw, that is made by Milwaukee ONLY, it is a trade name of their reciprocating saw. Many makers make reciprocating saws but Milwaukee only make a saws all. Years ago, a company that made facial tissue and called it Kleenex. Kleenex WAS a trade name, but they failed to control the name and so into the common lexicon the name Kleenex became legally associated with facile tissue. The name saws all is the legal patented name for Milwaukee's recuperating saw.

Stillson is the registered name of a type of wrench, not all pipe fitting wrenches are the same.

In my youth I was instructed that a Stillson Wrench always had taped jaws and teeth to grip a pope. While a Monkey wench was used on the collar of pipe fittings and was even across it's mouth and had no teeth to grab at the fitting as this was not necessary, and only did damage to the fitting of a pipe.

In addition, when working with a Stillson Wrench, one could take a larger pipe and slide it on to a pipe so that one could break the tightened fit of a pope that has become locked to another. Further, this ia called a cheater and should never use a cheater on a fitting because it will most likely break the fitting or damage it so that later the fitting will break.

I have found these to be true observations when working with popes in general and especially large steel pipes.

I hear workers who use wood and contraction activities call both corded and cordless power tools a drill. When in fact the name for the tool is a hole shooter. In addition, I have a Saws All, which is a reciprocating saw, that is made by Milwaukee ONLY, it is a trade name of their reciprocating saw. Many makers make reciprocating saws but Milwaukee only make a saws all. Years ago, a company that made facial tissue and called it Kleenex. Kleenex WAS a trade name, but they failed to control the name and so into the common lexicon the name Kleenex became legally associated with facile tissue. The name saws all is the legal patented name for Milwaukee's recuperating saw.

Stillson is the registered name of a type of wrench, not all pipe fitting wrenches are the same.