Post Vise

Indian George

Indian George

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Got this out of a junkyard for $30 last week. It has 5" jaws and the only marking I could find is ^ . Any ideas on the company that made it?????
 
We call that a 'leg vice' here in the UK.
You could try www.anvilfire.com for some advice

''Some of these vises were made by specialists such as Atwood of Stourbridge England, Columbian in the U.S. and others were made in anvil manufacturing plants such as Mousehole Forge and Peter Wright in England and Fisher-Norris and others in North America''


I live a couple of miles from where Atwood's used to be and have used one of their's in the past, very similar to the one in the pic

Hope you can find some info' about yours

Chris :)
 
A 5" with a good screw and nut, with the spring and mount should sell for about
$150.00. I have gotten a few good deals at junk yards but usually those folks know when their junk is junk and when it is a treasure. Are you sure that you were dealing with the junk dealer or some homeless guy that made a quick score? Ha!
 
Wayne Coe said:
A 5" with a good screw and nut, with the spring and mount should sell for about
$150.00. I have gotten a few good deals at junk yards but usually those folks know when their junk is junk and when it is a treasure. Are you sure that you were dealing with the junk dealer or some homeless guy that made a quick score? Ha!
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He didn't know what he had.:D:D
 
IG, they were in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh but have been outta bidness for yrs.
I have 3 or 4 of them here. Three 6inchers and a 4". When I get achance, I'll take a picture of the emblem/stamp they used.
Iron City Tool Works was ther full name of the company.
 
brucegodlesky said:
IG, they were in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh but have been outta bidness for yrs.
I have 3 or 4 of them here. Three 6inchers and a 4". When I get achance, I'll take a picture of the emblem/stamp they used.
Iron City Tool Works was ther full name of the company.
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Coooool!!!!!;)
 
Indian George said:
Dan, now I can have a vise at all four forges.I'm cool
I am really going to sell the 4" one.;)
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When I started blacksmithing I thought that I needed a really big vise so I kept buying bigger and selling the smaller one. Then one day I was working on a small project and found that it would not work in the 8" vise. Sometimes bigger is not always better. Now I have the 8", a 4" and a 3". They all have purposes. I also have two Cole Vises. These are made similar to a post vise but will swivel so that the jaws can be horizontal or verticle.

Remember: A Blacksmith (or bladesmith) can never have too many vises (or is that vices?).
 
You're right there Wayne. I just keep making more vise stands and more anvil stands :)
 
Wayne Coe said:
When I started blacksmithing I thought that I needed a really big vise so I kept buying bigger and selling the smaller one. Then one day I was working on a small project and found that it would not work in the 8" vise. Sometimes bigger is not always better. Now I have the 8", a 4" and a 3". They all have purposes. I also have two Cole Vises. These are made similar to a post vise but will swivel so that the jaws can be horizontal or verticle.

Remember: A Blacksmith (or bladesmith) can never have too many vises (or is that vices?).
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Good point (or points):confused:huh1
 
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