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Nicely done, Mr. Wonderful! Good heavy vise. Made me dig mine out and look at what size it is!

My dad just puts his huggies/coozies, what ever you call it, on his drink upside down, covering the top and pulls it off when he is thirsty

Not sure, but the very last work could be Canada?

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-vises-of-garage-journal.44782/post-4475752 Good vise

One last question, do you think that grayish silver is the original finish?

Thank you for the info micahd1997. It's great to be able to break down the timeline on these!

Speaking of Prentiss, picked up this No. 55 Bulldog the other day. Pretty darn good shape for it's age. About what year did they go from this script to the "graffiti" style font?

As 1982fxr stated, the PowerKraft version

Must be a common fix! (not mine)

https://archive.org/details/morgan-vise-price-list-17-d/page/5/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/milwaukee-tool-and-equipment-co-catalog-76-1972/mode/2up

I like Samson Vise's. I looked through the old catalogs on Internet Archive and Vintage Machinery starting at 1908 and did not find the use of no. 5218 until 1932. 1931 and earlier used different numbers and they changed again in 1935. Here are examples from 1932 and 1934, notice the price...

Collecting yourself outta space.... been there! Years ago, collected Mopars, cars, parts cars, parts etc... Ran out of space. Sold most. Then motorcycles, you can fit more in the same space! Had over 100. Then started selling them off. Then tools.... you get the picture. Now the way...

Here is my Dunlap for the thread. Jaws are 3.5 inches. Looks like it could be made by Rock Island?

Billings and Spencer, Whitman & Barnes and a the big one Billings 911A.

Also of the same design and from Hartford Ct. as well. and it makes me wonder the make of my larger version. Only markings on it are W.D. USA 470. Quite a bit larger too!

Something a little different, finally got around to getting this Fenn Model 104B freed up and working. Wilson L. Fenn and his son Wilson A. Fenn left Taylor & Fenn Co. in 1915 and organized Fenn Manufacturing Co. The firm manufactured Fenn's friction taping machine in circa 1916 and a high...

Found this on an auction site.... and I am not talking about the plow! https://hibid.com/lot/233178945/large-no--109-reed-mfg--vise---200lb

Not to derail this thread, but gmoss, here is a wilton I used a light coat of the black oil on.

Thanks, Private gmoss, that is Black metal oil from Sculpt Nouveau https://sculptnouveau.com/collections/sealers/products/metal-oil?variant=6892180111425 Foreman05, The original jaws were broke so I just made new jaws out of a piece of aluminum.