Info on Vise Grip

[lebaron]

Vise Grip is marked Model Power 5WR. Anybody have any info on this. No other markings.

[Bill Houghton]

5: five inch length
W: wire-cutting jaws (there at the base of the pivot)
R: "round," or curved, jaws, rather than straight, meaning the tooth pattern.

These are a very handy size.  Now that I've managed to acquire enough tools to do things with the right tools 95% of the time, along with reaching the income stage that I own cars and such that don't require constant attention (so that many of the tools spend 95% of their time just sitting there waiting for action), these little ones are just about all I use except every once in a long while.

[lebaron]

Sorry, maybe I didn't explain it right. I never heard of Model Power Vise Grips. Thats the info I'm looking for. Thanks.

[mvwcnews]

The logo looks like the one used by this company: ( http://www.modelpower.com/default.asp ) Back when the Petersen family owned Vise-Grip, they'd do private label branding & other special orders.  So it is a possibility.

[lbgradwell]

The logo looks like the one used by this company: ( http://www.modelpower.com/default.asp )

Well, I'd say there's little question about that!

But I was pondering if they were legit Vise-Grips at all; they just don't look quite right to me.

• Are they chromed? The picture almost looks like plain steel or maybe something else other than the norm - but that might just be picture quality.
• The 5WR appears in a rounded recess; I have never seen that on a legit pair of VGs.
• Normally a rolled pin holds on the quick-release lever; this pair has what looks like a rivet...

[lebaron]

They are not chromed and it is a rivet and not a pin on the lever. Found these in an old box of rusted tools and was wondering about them. The adjusting screw seems a little thin to me but I thought that was from being a small 5" pair.

[amecks]

Did this vise-grip get sandblasted?  It appears to have that coarse texture of sandblasting.

 I compared them to my pair of 5 inchers and it is very close in appearance - with the exception of the release lever rivet and that the other rivets have quite larger heads than my pliers.  Mine are probably 20 years old and may have been purchased used.

Al.