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I believe the last vise is a Bonney. I have one like it but mine has the wrong lever for tightening the swivel base.

Chopsaw, the Vise was patented by Carl Shields of Rock Island, Illinois. Patent no. 1,111,103. Mike

Looks like the small Prentiss jewelers vise to me. Nice score!

Serrat, if you don’t mind it not having a swivel back jaw, here is a less pricey option. Shipping included! https://www.jimbodetools.com/products/crisp-two-inch-prentiss-miniature-vise-with-swivel-base-89538?_pos=1&_sid=ff804ddb5&_ss=r Mike

You’re welcome, for the no's. I won’t be home for two or three weeks, but I’ll try to remember to get some pictures when I do. As best as I can remember, the main screw goes past the end of the slide and has a knurled nut on it that bears on the rear of the slide. It looks to me like there...

As far as I can tell, Mr. Fulton had two patents for these vises: 1404109 of 1922 and 1890114 of 1932. I have one too, but it is a bit different on the rear. Mike

It looks a lot like patent no. 1,321,627 by A G Hagstrom, November 11, 1919. Mike

I believe you will find that the orange ones are marked Versa-Vise and were manufactured by the Wilburt Corporation, the original manufacturer. The red ones are marked Gyro-Vise and were made by Columbian. I’ve had both and aside from the color don’t see any difference in them. They are based on...

Yes it was! Best market in Maine IMHO. Mike

It would appear that Utica may have used either one or the other of J L Wares patents. They are 673,228 and 745,746. Both are shown in DATAMP. I have never seen the Utica version, but do have one of Ware's, a small 2 inch one. Mike

I picked up this Prentiss 208 Bulldog, 2 In. jaws, at a Maine flea market Wednesday while visiting my daughter. It is in very good condition with the exception of the minor hacksaw marks on the top of the jaws, and the missing swivel lock hold down. This should be a relatively easy fix. My...

Nice job on the restoration! It seems that the fixed base jewelers vises are much less common than the swivel base ones are. Of the several I have, none are of the fixed base type. In fact I’ve never seen one in the wild, only pictures. Mike

Outlaw, Actually these never had a wooden handle. Even the larger sizes had a metal handle. It was patented by Leonard L Pollard on August 10, 1875. Pat no. 166,553 and manufactured by the Lowell Wrench Co. DATAMP link below...

RagTop, the little 1 in. jaw hand vise is a Colton's patent no. 320224 from 1885. A lot of the larger ones are also marked H & B around the face of the static jaw. Those little ones aren’t real common. I have the vise portion of the Bellows but never knew what the rest of it looked like. Now I...

Here’s an interesting vise. No names or marks of any kind. 2 1/2 inch jaws, and an amazing amount of machine work. Much of it that looks like a total waste of time. When I got it there was no hole for a handle so I drilled that and made a handle, my first one. Vise was completely covered in...

Josh and others who are interested, I think the major problem with getting the main nut out of some Reeds is the much tighter tolerances that Reed has in this area. While the female dovetail area in most vise bodies is an "as cast" surface, Reed actually had some method of going in and machining...

Josh, here are a couple pictures of Reed nuts. The one appears to be like yours. The one on the left is from a 204 and the one on the right from a 204 1/2 R. I had no problem removing either one. Mike

Rusty, thanks! I was not aware of the swivel base. Finding one of them would be like finding the proverbial "hens teeth". Mike

For those lovers of Prentiss Vises, here is the smallest one they made(that I know of). Jaws are just 1 1/4 inches wide. Patent no. 703,376 on July 1,1902. Mike

Svt_ivan, sorry I got my reply in the wrong place. A round pin of the correct length is all it takes. Something soft like a nail would probably be best, as it needs to be bent over to touch the back of the nut. Mike