This old vice

[6 & 7/8]

Pickup this vice and don’t know very much about it other than it’s some kind of a black smith vice. Looking for all the info I can get.

 

[leg17]

Very nice as a collector's item.
I suggest not using it as an anvil and only lightly as a vise.
Sure looks to be in great condition.
Nice find.

 

[Rileysan]

I like the title of your thread. It would make for a great TV show!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Looking for all the info I can get.

Did you research the patent yet? What is the patent date? I can't read it. Looks like Sept 12, (EDIT: or Sept 22?), but I can't make out the year.

It's an interesting design.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I think I found it. Patent 1,111,103 was granted on September 22, 1914 to Carl Shields of Rock Island. Patent itself does not say he was an assignor, EDIT: but DATAMP says Rock Island was the manufacturer based on the fact that Shields was a co-founder. Link to DATAMP page here, and once you're there, you can click on the PDF link to read the full patent on the USPTO site.

That's a really nice find. Love the shape of the floating jaw and the spindle mechanism.

 

[notlob]

That general style of combination vise and anvil, at times with accessories for drilling and grinding, is frequently referred to as a "farmer vise." The Stewart Handy Worker is probably the best known.

From a Rock Island vise catalog dated August, 1934: