fluidsteel

it appears to be 1913... scraped on the date with my knife. The 3 looks a lot like the 3 for the weight, so it could be 1918 unless they weren't making them in the last year of WWI?

The horn looks like it was repaired with GIANT rasp....pics in the morning.

Question....???what's the proper way to fix the mushroomed sides? Pien them up? Or, grind em off?? Gasp, cough, cough....

Is there a date on the anvil?

Didn't see a date yet. I bought it this morning on the way to work.... After looking at it closer, the horn appears to have been cast that way.. I'll wire wheel it up in the morning take some better pictures.

I got this beauty for $360 today.... Edges are good, face almost perfect, horn i missing 1/2" or so off the end. He also had a farrier's vice and hammers, tongs and a blown forge still.... Portland Oregon Craigslist...

If I were you, I would buy the other five vises, clean them up, then sell them, that way, the profit you make on the extra vises will pay for that nice one you bought, getting it for free!

Hmmmm.... Duh... Sometimes I need a little help seeing the long term vision.. I might just do that.! Thanks for the idea!

I picked up this beauty the ten days ago at a salvage yard. It was the best of 6 in a bin. The rest were 4" or so vises.....
I cleaned it up with a wire wheel, a hand wire brush and a few sprays of WD-40....

Still have to lube the screw and bolt it to a 24"sq baseplate and a 4" sq tube support. I'll use it to forge integral guards on knives...

It's my first post vise!

I bought a Beautiful 6" Post vise from a scrap/salvage yard in Salem Or for $150.

It was a fair price, not a steal. But, they had 5 more in the bin rusting away waiting for a home....

My first post vise!

I get all my steel here.... Best to call directly.... http://njsteelbaron.com/