Vintage Holland Vice

[theleo24]

Does anyone have any info on this? I bought it at a yard sale. Thank you!

 

[davethorik]

looks like there is a massive weld repair, missing pipe jaws. i hope you didn't pay much.

 

[theleo24]

any idea how old it is or what a vise this big was used for? paid 20 bucks for it

 

[Marsim]

This is a page from the 1910 catalog. Your model # is listed, but may not mean much. It might have a date code stamped under the dynamic. No idea on value.

 

[freudianfloyd]

any idea how old it is or what a vise this big was used for? paid 20 bucks for it

There is definitely something goofy going on with the jaws. They don't look like a matching set, but for that price, I would've bought it too. If it opens and closes easily, it would make a good vise for the barn or outside on a post. Doesn't need to be pretty to be useful.

 

[d9gdon]

They were well made, over 100 years old too.

 

[calandrod]

That looks cool though. I like it.

 

[genog]

 

[Shiftless]

Yeah, that old Hollands has had a tough life. The static jaw seems to have suffered an amputation. The swivel base mounting hardware and the pipe jaws are missing but if it still cranks in and out it will be useful. Dig a deep posthole, drop in a length of telephone pole, or RR tie, backfill with gravel, shoot a couple of lag screws through the base and have a nice solid clamper outside next to your shop.

 

[SweetD]

That's a user for sure! I like the idea of an outdoor vise.