Looking for info on this vise, around 10" long , 4" tall, 2" wide jaws, and weighs 8-1/2 pounds, wrench included. No visible markings!! I'm guessing it has a specific/crimping use, but could not find a match.
Hi Lou,
Nice find! Mine doesn't have the wrench but is otherwise dimensionly the same. It was patented July 7, 1891 by G S Searle no. 455,414. It was patented as a pipe vise.
Mine is marked on the top of both the moveable jaw and the fixed jaw: Smart & Spencer, Salem, Mass.
They are stamped kind of light so you may have to scrub a bit to get it to snow up.
Mike
Something just doesn't seem right here... as a pipe vice, I can see that the lower notches might hold around pipe, but what good would the upper notches do?
Any chance that there were serrated jaws ? now missing?
Joe B
Hello, Mike. Thanks for the info! Not sure where I stashed it away, but if/when I find it, I will take a look!
Hi Joe, There is nothing missing in the jaw area. It follows the patent drawing.
Mike
Hello, Mike. Thanks for the Patent info!!
Neat little vise.
Hello, yadda. Thanks!! The search is still on , now I'm not sure if I sold it!!