Ye Old Vise

Most likely from the 50’s. As for value, its hard to say. From the pics it looks to be a 10” wide vise. If it is I would say in the $40-$70 range.

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Looks like a nice old friend…

I have no idea of age or worth…
I’d have to google, etc.

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I’d say at least 50bux

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I’ve got two of these on my bench that I built back in 1977; however, they are red and I can’t remember whether the gray came out after the red or before. As I recall they were somewhere in the $75 to $100 range back then, but it could have been less. They work great and I have one on each side of the work (multipurpose) bench I build and still use as my main, go to work bench (the other being my covered table saw or something rigged using saw horses).

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I bought a Columbian vise with a quick release nut that looked almost like that one for $30 at a flea market in Az.

I think you can get about $50 for one in good shape…........Jim

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Thanks for the info. guys. I think this one is gonna work out real nice for him.

John, did you buy yours new?

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Yes, ordered from Sears catalog—probably on sale and on my Sears charge card as I’d just finished school in K.C. and moved back home. They are great vises, built in U.S.A. at a time when vises cost as much or more than today’s vises made in the Asian rim.

P.S. Be sure to tell your friend to keep the quick close mechanism (your 3rd & 4th pictures) clean and slightly lubricated to function properly (white lithium grease is what I use).

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington

I remember those Sears & Roebuck catalogs… “Dream Books” is what we called them…
... I drooled aver many a rifle in that book! Along with Monkey Wards & Penney’s…
I can’t remember when they stopped printing those beautiful books… perfect to support the phrase “Well, I can Dream can’t I”.

Must be really OLD… for sure… Oooops… that means me too… darn… LOL

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Thanks John. I suggested he use parafin to keep the dust from sticking to it. But Silicone should do just fine too.

Joe, yes, those were the days.

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