Any Vise Collectors Here?

[KT40]

The Beast! 6” jaw ROCK ISLAND #597. Not sure it’s weight, but it’s heavy!

 

[KT40]

4-1/2” jaw ROCK ISLAND #574.

 

[KT40]

Another ROCK ISLAND #574 project.

 

[KT40]

I have a bunch more to get pictures of! I guess I have a problem too!

 

[RUSH55]

I have a bunch more to get pictures of! I guess I have a problem too!

Heck of a problem!
Great looking vises! Keep the pics coming!

 

[MrMikeyG]

@TomH D'Oh! Oh well. The Landcruiser thing doesn't really come up in craigslist email correspondence. I thought the embossed/stamped "Australia" on it was pretty cool.

 

[MrMikeyG]

That "super baby" Wilton is the bees knees! Really cool to see what folks out there can whip up at home.

 

[FARMAN33]

@KT40 that is a beautiful Wilton! Welcome to the group here. If you open it up all the way and look under the slide on the “key way” you will see a date stamp. Yours looks like an early 60s vintage. Here is the date on my C3.

 

[KT40]

@KT40 that is a beautiful Wilton! Welcome to the group here. If you open it up all the way and look under the slide on the “key way” you will see a date stamp. Yours looks like an early 60s vintage. Here is the date on my C3.View attachment 2936091

I will take a look at report back!

 

[RUSH55]

Here is some vise porn.
These are from a Craigslist ad from a guy in Salem, OR

 

[FARMAN33]

What a line up!

 

[KT40]

@KT40 that is a beautiful Wilton! Welcome to the group here. If you open it up all the way and look under the slide on the “key way” you will see a date stamp. Yours looks like an early 60s vintage. Here is the date on my C3.View attachment 2936091

Tough to read but here it is.

 

[KT40]

3” Baby bullet.

 

[KT40]

My outside, don’t give a s*** 5” Craftsman. I clean the surface rust off the jaws every so often.

 

[KT40]

Toy vise.

 

[FARMAN33]

Chicago Wiltons are typically from the 40s. During the 50s and 60s they stamped them with a date 5 years post manufacture for warranty. Yours is such a vise with Guaran Exp. Date. Very cool.

 

[RUSH55]

Picked up an Athol 715 (4-1/2”) yesterday.
Here’s some comparison pics with it, the Desmond Stephan, and the late model Irvin.

 

[RUSH55]

Something I’ve noticed that I guess I didn’t realize was that this Athol doesn’t appear to have replaceable jaw inserts. Not sure if that’s something across the board with Athols, or depending on the model.(?)
@ceylonfj40nut , is yours the same?

 

[FARMAN33]

@RUSH55 Older Athols have "cast in" jaws (non replaceable). This perfectly demonstrates the difference in two quality vises; the medium duty Desmond and the heavy duty Athol of similar size. Great pick up! Look familiar @ceylonfj40nut ?

@KT40 Just looking again at your Tiny German vise. Polish and German vises can all claim the oddity of having a backward moving dynamic jaw (Heuer, and FPU come to mind). Pretty neat to see.

 

[e9999]

I don't know guys... those of you showing off those ginormous vises...

there is a lot of talk out there among armchair psychologists about men overcompensating with big tools...