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I picked up a 2 inch Wilton at a tractor show this past weekend that was in excellent shape except for the jaw screws. One was broken off and the other three had the "cross" in the Phillips head beat over. I’m not quite sure how that happened, since the jaws themselves were perfect. At any rate...

Kevin, max opening is nominally 7 inches. Also this one, and for all I know maybe all of them, has smooth jaws. Mike

Kevin, For the spreadsheet, my Athol 624 1/2 weighed in at 73.8 lbs. Mike

It is a shame because the rest of the vise is very good. On the bright side,however, is that it is really only cosmetic, as it can only be seen when the vise is removed from the base. Mike

You guys got me to wondering how this vise worked so I went in the garage and took it apart. Based on what I saw I still think it had two hold downs since it does not use the brake shoe design. I took som pictures so see what you think. Mike

That handle looks like it belongs to a vise a little bigger than this one. Patent link below. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US711607.pdf Mike

Gman007, thanks! Here are a couple Stephens vise pictures for comparison to the Parker. Pictures are of the 2 inch jewelers model, available in both nickel plated and unplated. The nickel plated ones are much less common due to the additional cost of the plating. The swivel base ones even more...

After having looked thru literally thousands of vise posts, I decided I should post a few of my own. While I concentrate mostly on the small sizes for my collection, I buy and sell the bigger ones. Usually those over 2 1/2 inches. The first of many that I’ll try to post, is a Parker that was...

Google patent link below https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US1111103.pdf Manufactured by Rock Island Manufacturing Mike

I wonder if all the 700 series vises are made like this? I have a 710(3 1/2" jaws) and it is made the same way. Fortunately nobody screwed mine up, although it does have about a 1" long stress crack on the side of the slide. Mike