Id on a vice

[infinityblacksmithing]

Anyone know who made this vice. My best guess is Peter Wright from what I have found, but it didn't have any of its parts except the screw box just the main body. Including a couple pics from reworking it. Thanks for any help.

[Sask Mark]

My PW vise has Peter Wright stamped in the bell, and it has a couple of lines aound the bell.

[thecelticforge]

I think there is a post or article on Anvilfire. It looks almost identical to mine. If I am remembering correctly, it is early 19th century, NY.

[ThomasPowers]

Early 19th century should have the mounting bracket tenon-ed rather than wrapped around IIRC; Mr Turley what do you say?

[Frank Turley]

It looks like a Peter Wright. In small letters on top of the screw box (bell) with serifs, it should say, P.WRIGHT, PATENT, SOLID BOX. The problem is that these letters are obliterated about 95% of the time through wear and rust. If the box is removed and cleaned, you can see a single large letter stamped on it, maybe an inspector's mark. Because the vise has a U-shackle for mounting and not a tenon, I would place it in the latter half of the 19th century. The solid box was a big innovation for the Peter Wright firm. Prior to the solid box, the internal threads were forge-brazed into the "tube."

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