Identify this vice?

[kxxr]

Looks like it recently lost it's tag. Too bad. Anyone recognize it?

 

[autopts]

Its the ever popular chinese swivel sold under a dozen different names!

 

[kxxr]

dammit!

 

[Bull]

Lol, I had the EXACT same thing happen to me! To my ignorant eyes, it looked like an old American chunk of goodness, then the fellows here set me straight.

Here is my story:
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103774&highlight=vise

 

[treasureseeker]

I have seen two of them lately at estate sales in red. The first one a guy just grabbed it when I came out to the garage to see it from the photos. A week later another one was in one of the local estate sale photos which said to me they are common and most likely an import. The first one was $35.

 

[jsokoly]

I recently sold one for $60. The guy never even tried to talk me down!

 

[Bull]

To be fair, mine felt to be of decent quality, and I am sure that it will provide years of use to the young man to whom I donated it.

 

[Ledslinger]

I bought one of those for a marine service shop from Sam's Club and the moveable jaw broke off.

 

[Ric in Richmond]

I got one recently from a tool snob at a garage sale....He was selling his dads stuff.

I asked about the vice bolted to the bench and he sniffed..".oh that....that is chinese...if you unbolt it $15.00...."

Hey whatever...it is nicer than what I had, cleaned up great and works a treat in my shop.

I think the tags say GMG on it.

 

[Skysurfer]

I have that vise, it wears an Allied tag and I bought it at HF around 1990. For what it is, it's not a bad vise. I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of it.