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Rusty, nice collection. What size is the Prentiss(?) by the press. It looks larger than a regular 2 inch jewelers vise.

Here are a couple more Stephens lever vises, this time the 2 3/4 inch version. The one on the stand is a very uncommon nickel plated version. The jaws on it are actually 2 11/16 inch rather than the standard 2 3/4 in. It came with the patented cast brass jaw covers, a set of wooden jaws, and a...

While I like, and collect, most all the small vises under 3 inches, the Stephens lever vises are my favorites. The jewelers vises came in two sizes, 2 inch and 2 3/4. While an anvil was an option on the 2 inch version, it appears to be standard on the 2 3/4 inch version as it is cast into the...

Here are a couple shots of the painted ones. The one with the cylindrical meatball is painted a very dark maroon, but has no gold pinstripes. The other one is bare metal.

Here are a couple more shots.

Smitty, Thanks for the kind words. They are indeed nickel plated. I was inspired by what you did with yours. I used Blue Magic on both, one by hand and the other with a small felt buff on my Dremel at 5000 rpm. The Dremel one came out better. Much brighter. DV22, thank you!

After seeing all the great vises on here I thought I post a few of mine. This is part of the Prentiss family, just the little ones. For whatever reason I’ve never had any of the fixed base ones in the small sizes just the swivels. Note also the two different types in the 2 inch size. The one...

If the spring in your plunger is as stout as the one my vise has, you’ll be glad it’s on there.

Danny, Thanks for posting all the different manufacturers, I didn’t realize there were that many. Only 6 more to get.

Ryan: I found one on a site in England and had it shipped over. The "pack rats" didn’t get to this one. The paint was excellent. The only bad thing is it doesn’t have the swivel base. It appears that Record must have made at least two different models. Yours is marked 'No. 00' mine just the...

Dave, Nice find on the Barrett's!! Below are the four vise patents that Mr. Barrett received. The first two are for the swivel jaw. Looking at the patent drawing makes it a little easier to understand how it works. The other two patents are for vises but don’t concern the swivel version...

Chris: Don’t forget the STEPHENS Vise in the background in front of the cylinder. It is another uncommon vise.

Actually the DATAMP link below clears this up. CA72266 was the Canadian equivalent of US Patent 673,228. I hadn’t thought to look for a Canadian patent and had forgotten that the DATAMP site now includes some foreign patents. Thanks for the information...

The 3 patents I have for Mr. Ware are: 673,228 of April 30, 1901; 745,746 of December 1, 1903; and 1,375,876 of April 26, 1921. The last one appears to be for the vise you have. I have one with 1 1/2 inch jaws that has "PAT'D 16 July 1901 cast in the side. I could find no Ware patent or any...

There is a no.6 clamp-on. It is the same as the no. 4 but is longer between the bottom of the mounting surface and the clamp pad. I had to put an additional 1 1/2 inches on top of my 3/4 in. shelf in order to mount it. It’s kind of awkward looking compared to the no. 4. Mike

The earlier Shields patent you wanted to find is 1036155. In addition there is 1266724 & a design patent USD46268. Mike

Here are a few of my wrenches. These are from the "letter" series which run from A thru E. Of the five, the “C" was the hardest to find. The "B", second from the left, also is marked with the Pierce Arrow motor car logo. I only have a 1939 catalog for reference and for whatever reason the "C"...

Of all the B & S tools I have or had this combination vise is my favorite. As the pictures show, the vise can be hand held or put in the table mounted fixture. This fixture allows for an infinite number of positions and can be locked in any of them by tightening the thumbscrew on the bottom...

bastel, thanks for the link! There is a lot of good interesting vise information in the catalog so I downloaded it, otherwise I’d never find it again. Mike

Thanks bastel! I’ve had one of these for several years, but never knew who made it. It's marked Poland but that’s all I knew until you posted the picture. Only other difference is that mine has 63 mm jaws(about 2 1/2 in.) A very well made vise, at least as good as my Wilton baby bullets, maybe...