True price for a vise

[Michael]

60 lb no name leg vise, $40 at the Alameda Swap meet, needed help to carry it out. I consider that a downright steal in Northern California.

[Ratel10mm]

Here's a photo of mine as promised.

[Dale Russell]

G'Day , this is my main shop vice , 7 1/4" , too heavy for me to lift ( lucky i had a POM aka Ian Lowe here at the time i brought it )
Paid $ 300 AUD middle of 2006 , had a 4" vice thrown in on the deal . also have 4 1/2" , 5" & 5 1/2" that i paid $ 25.00 AUD each for at a auction back in 2002

[Bentiron1946]

I haven't weighed mine but I would say around 70# or so may be more. It is an Iron City and has 6" jaws. I paid $12 for it at the salvage yard in 1973. At the time I thought I got ripped off since it was missing the spring but the guy at the junk yard got a valve spring from a Chevy engine and put in there and there it has been ever since. Some fool painted it silver and your right it is still silver. Ugly!

[Fionnbharr (finn:-)]

Several 4" light duty vices that I bought for 30-35$, one of which was a really sweet English made one with chamfered leggs and a nice fancy turned box.

On 5.5" with a broken foot and missing the spring and mounting bracket, but it was only 20$ it still weighs ~80#

a nice 90# 6" vice for 65$??? With everything there even;-)

my latest find a 100-120# 6" Columbian?? Hard to read but it was stamped into the chamfer on the front? leg? had the bracket, but no spring or clip and wedge no biggey;-) 65$

All were bought here in Indiana, I passed on a beatiful 5.5" 80# Ironcity??? that the guy wanted 85$ for... Should have snagged it too;-)

A guy I used to work with said he had a couple in his garage that he would let me have, I should head by his place and see if he still has them;-) before he does something silly like scrap them out...

[markb]

I have two, paid $35.00 in the'80s in Santa Cruz Ca. for the smaller one 51/2" jaws marked

133 Attorney St.
N York
Goldie


The other one is 6" no name paid under $50.00 same time period

[markb]

This big guy $20.00 at a yard sale.

[Gary]

The only vise I have paid for is a 70 lb Peter Wright, bought at a barn sale for $50.00. 2 years ago, Very good shape.

[geofthesmith]

brand: no idea it was so beat to xxxx when i got it it was scary
size: 150lbs
Condition: pretty bad. ive fixed all the bumps and huge creavases(no clue as to how they got there they were like and inch deep and 3 long)...
price: 25$, but u can find these things in junkyards all over colorado, + alot of older people have em to.

[RegionalChaos]

I think I paid 100$ for a 4 1/2 or 5 inch vise. I bought it from a local smith who really needed the cash for lame legal reasons. He helped me fabricate a new spring and mounting brackets as well.