Hello, first post here. Been lurking for a while researching Wilton vices. Snagged my grandfathers old vice this last weekend, its a 4.5" Wilton Bullet. Its funny as I look at all my dad's tools, I can always tell which ones came from my grandfather, as they are the ones splattered with paint 
I originally thought I would need a new handle, as this one was pretty dinged up and bent, but wet sanding with 400 paper removed the high spots from the dings, and I did manage to straighten it a bit, so its usable as is I think. Bottom of slide has an 11-45 stamped in it. From my research, I think this is an early model? Planning on soda blasting body. Jaw moves in and out fine, so not sure I really need to remove the nut, thinking I can de-grease with kerosene, and then re-lube. Please correct me if I'm going about refurbishing this the wrong way. This is a great forum by the way.
I originally thought I would need a new handle, as this one was pretty dinged up and bent, but wet sanding with 400 paper removed the high spots from the dings, and I did manage to straighten it a bit, so its usable as is I think. Bottom of slide has an 11-45 stamped in it. From my research, I think this is an early model? Planning on soda blasting body. Jaw moves in and out fine, so not sure I really need to remove the nut, thinking I can de-grease with kerosene, and then re-lube. Please correct me if I'm going about refurbishing this the wrong way. This is a great forum by the way.
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