Silkstone

Thanks for the suggestions and tips. I'll weigh it once it's reassembled. I've taken it apart to clean it and found two 'W' stamped into the back of the screw spacer ring, would this be the makers stamp or perhaps the individual smiths mark?

Hello all, I've been slowly picking up a few pieces of equipment and have just got my first blacksmiths leg vice, it's got 7 1/4" jaws, it's 42" tall, almost 2ft wide when closed and I'm really pleased with it! I've only been blacksmithing six months or so having picked up an old 2ft diameter hand cranked leather bellows forge and an anvil from a local farm and have been really enjoying it. I saw this leg vice for sale locally and had to have it. Looks to be in excellent shape and the only thing I think it needs is the hinge at the bottom of the leg freeing up as it's a bit stiff. It's not been used for blacksmithing recently having just been a general vice on someone's workbench for at least the last 60 years. I can't see any makers marks on it but I read that more often than not they weren't marked. If anyone has any ideas on it's likely age or maker, or general comments I'd be interested to hear. I'll be on the lookout for a smaller leg vice now. Thanks for looking. Paul.