This is an absolutely superb example of the best, most beautifully made and designed vice of all time. They were last made, I think, in 2010, and the opportunity to obtain one of these masterpieces does not come along often .
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Specification:
The jaws are made from 01 tool steel hardened and tempered by hand. They will accommodate hooks from size 30 to 10/0. They are opened and closed with ease and precision via a durable star wheel made from an aluminium-bronze alloy, which is superior to brass for this purpose.
The vice is adjustable in every direction and rotates through its Delrin body.
The ample pedestal base enables the tyer to use the vice wherever a flat surface is to be found. It has a central well for materials and a suede pad on which to place hooks in readiness for mounting. The underside of the base has a non-slip suede covering.
It has an adjustable articulated LAW bobbin cradle
It has its Allen key that adjusts all of the vice’s Allen screws.
Condition report: It has two pinhead sized nicks in the white vitreous finish on the pedestal base. They are not obvious and take some finding. Aside from that, it is physically perfect and of course, it is 100% mechanically perfect.