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Duke74: "A H" vs "A W"....that is pretty close for my typing. Sorry about that. I have a Crawford 150 (5 inch) and it very much looks like it was made by Henry. The back end of the side of the fixed tower has the inward curve and the bottom looks just like the base of a Henry. Couple of...

Duke74 - I believe AH Williams was like a distributor in the day. That vise photo looks like another RAE vise with the "double hump" out to the nose below the slide out the front. (That is how I describe it.) There is one version of Clark Machine Co vise that looks like a RAE design...

HandyAndy - Sorry, I do not have the info you are looking for. The 1950 catalog said that they were the largest and oldest vise manufacturer in Canada and had been around for 30 yrs....1920ish. Company location was on Shaw St in Hamilton, Ontario and the company name was RAE Tool and...

HandyAndy - I am originally from Hamilton. I have seen RAE's in black, green, gold, orange and many repainted. I have a 1950 catalog page indicating that they had been around for 30 yrs making vises and say they are the "Oldest and Largest Vise Manufacturer in Canada". Nothing indicates...

Parkinson Handy 3B vise with swivel. Just picked this up. Not refurbished yet. Catalogs show the 3A model with and without a swivel. This has the swivel. Jaws are 4-1/2 wide. Weight per catalog is 61 lbs. Opens 5-1/2 inches per catalog. The screw nose is rounded, not a cylinder so likely...

KMS - thanks. Working on a Parker 372 swivel jaw and a big Parker 69X. 69X has really been beaten. Just found a braze across the whole front where the jaw insert sits. Didn't see that until I pulled the jaw insert off and cleaned up the grime. It also has a crack at the back of the slide...

Record Imp No 80. Made in England. Has been in the Record catalogs since 1935. Clamp-on with additional mounting holes to screw it to the bench. Replaceable jaws, 2-1/4 inches wide, opens 2-1/2 inches weighs just over 4 lbs. Has a hardened circular anvil on the back along with a small horn...

Exposed screw vise from Smart Mfg in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. 7 - 11. Jaws are 3 inches wide plus lower built in pipe jaws. Opens 3-3/4 inches. Swivels about 120 degrees. Anvil area is about 1-3/4 inches, square. Nice forming horn on the back. Jaw inserts are screwed on. Owned by my...

Big Vulcan No. 4 Chain Vise. 1/2 to 8 inch diameter work. Made by J.H. Williams & Co from Brooklyn - Buffalo USA. Patent dates are 1891, 1903, and 1904. British patent dates listed are 1903 and 1904. The base is 3/4 inch thick ! Mounting holes are 5/8 inch diameter. Included chain is 3...

Stanley 400 picture framing vise. Cast iron, rotates 360 and can also tilt up to 90 degrees to allow the picture framer to install nails in the corners after gluing it up. Stands 5.5 inches high and can handle frames up to 4 inches wide. The cast iron handles give you the momentum to spin the...

RAE 40. No swivel. 4 inch wide jaws, opens 5-1/4 inch, 12 inches long, 5-5/8 inches tall, 20 lbs. Dave,

RAE 104. 4 inch wide jaws. 17 inches long, 8.5 inches high, stationary, opens 7.5 inches. From top of slide to top of jaws is 3.5 inches. 45 lbs. Completely torn down, cleans to bare metal and repainted, oil, grease. Over 2 yrs ago now. Dave

RAE 40S - 4 inch wide jaws. Opens 4 inchs. 22 lbs. Double swivel locks. Notice the double curves supporting the nose under the moving jaw at the front (typical indicator of a RAE vise). Dave,

Been a vise lurker since 2019. Somehow got into refurbishing old tools, learning about company history and have migrated to vises. Live in Ontario, Canada. Started reading the Vises of Garage Journal from the beginning. Approaching the end of 2015. Completely read the Vise Info Thread and...

My first response to GJ. I saw your post, MayerMR, on your Reed 405. I found one through Kijiji just west of Toronto. It is huge. Missing a ball on the handle, the non-moving head swivel pin was missing, replace with what looked like an aluminum tube from a ski pole and it was welded to a...