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Thanks guys! I was quite pleased to get them. They need a little cleanup and love, but that’s easy enough. I’ll add in my Humpty Dumpty...

Picked up a Prentiss No.21 and Reed 404½ from a friend's father a few weeks back. About $50 each is what I gave for them (sort of a...

While having a look around also noticed the Lock Tools (Australia) pipe vice I have pictured above (yet to put it back together, have...

remembering, on this great day, she stands for -- Magna Carta, --- Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite, and THESE TRUTHS WE HOLD TO BE...

There was a thread where this was asked and convincingly answered. I forget whether it was one of the huge vise threads, or another...

Great. Re the holes - the Picard of London versions mostly have one hole each side but I have similar with 3 holes and no holes.

I'm going to guess for holding the jaw during MFG. Maybe for cutting the teeth. Maybe for hole alignment

dannyr: M&W did indeed have larger schraubstocken. The other page shows Boley and DRGM clamp on styles. Notice they all have holes in...

supplementary question --- anyone know what the shallow holes at the ends of the jaw facings are? -- I think on certain types this might...

These guys were a major hardware wholesaler, buying from everyone, and some relabeled as a house brand. There were several similar sizes...

Chance look at something else -- I think it's German - the mono is for Meier und Weichelt and HSB is related/same -- any more info on...

puzzle to me -- very like the German/Swiss Boley/Leiden or the English Picard Freres vises - 60mm jaw width - size 0 is an English...

Emmert K1 back online. I lucked out on a few deals on spare parts like the front collar and ever missing tilt bracket. It was a bit more...

It's taken me 2 years, just bought the exact one I wanted with the 1928 patent date, complete with pipe jaw :) Had a Irwin Record pair...

Once in a lifetime vise. Bonney Rapid Transit #160 5-1/4" jaw width 10" opening Parker style jaws Fast acting gear rack and pawl coarse...