Daniel.85 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Lets see how crazy this one goes. http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXC-COND-HUGE-8-IRON-CITY-190-Lb-Post-Leg-Vise-Blacksmith-Anvil-Forge-Tool-/190655462336?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c63f37bc0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCoy Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Howz that happen?? What do they do with a $500+ vise? Will it really look that good in the flower garden? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It will go a LOT higher than that ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I remember someone saying that a leg vise is basically an anvil, as such the bigger the vise, the more mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It is a good looking vise.... I bet it brings $800-$900? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 and that is why i like my vices ugly but functional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Big vises are for big work. If you were forging and filing a lock turning that large heavy handle would get old fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Don't forget to add in the shipping cost! "approx $148" Personally I'd say that if you are doing work that takes an 8" vise you might be better off looking into more powered equipment and you'd better be using strikers and not working alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yep agreed, I have a couple big vises, they are cool to look at but no fun at all to use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I use my big vise (180ish pounds for twisting 1" bar stock.). The long handle allows you to really crank it hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 matchless had a 8" vise weighing way over 270 pounds on there a while back..A real monster..It went for $1500.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 yeah Kyboy i loved the pic he had up with that vice holding a 80lb anvil in its jaws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journey333 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Just to revisit this...it looks like the vise didn't meet the reserve price...at $866. I wonder if he sold at that price after the auction ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Just to revisit this...it looks like the vise didn't meet the reserve price...at $866. I wonder if he sold at that price after the auction ended. Ive noticed several of his big money items havent been meeting the reserve price lately..he has had to relist hammers several times Ive noticed...Im not saying that in jest or poking at him in anyway either...I just think the number of people willing to pay huge ammounts of money for these items are far smaller than the ones willing to pay a respectable price...The economy is hitting everyone, even ebay vendors.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lake Forge Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I dont have a leg vice but isnt 190 pounds a little low for an eight inch? Just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Yup some folks see a big price brought by a special item and then are amazed that their item doesn't equal it---seller wasn't happy with $100 an inch of jaw. My last 6" vise cost me $50 at a blacksmithing meet about 2 years ago. At that price I couldn't turn it down even though I had to carry it about 1500 miles home, got a 3" vise at the same meet for $20 that's been dated as "pre 1800". I was happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-132-Pound-10-Inch-Jaw-Post-Vise-Blacksmith-Anvil-/120947557862?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c290945e6 How about this monster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 if you read the description its only a 7 and a 1/4 inches it opens 10inches still a nice looking vice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yeah that guy doesnt know much about vises if he is calling that a 10".... It is a nice looking vise though.... I have a 8" columbian and a 9" vise that came from the Geneva steel mill... Both are real close to 200 pounds.... The guy who had the ebay listing for the vise in this thread offered me $1200 for the 9" at one point and I turned him down (in hind sight I should have taken it when I had the chance but thats the way it goes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I have a friend in N.C who bought a 8" vise from an antique store for $200 :blink: Ive never seen anything bigger than 4 3/4" here local before..Other than my own 6" vise and it didnt even come from here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd&mlteach Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Here is a nice one and it is cheap for now...http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-blacksmith-vise-/140794539423?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c8022d9f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Id like to have a bigger vise, my 6" is about 90 pounds..Sometimes I need to drift large axe heads over my vise and bigger is always better for that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd&mlteach Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Best of luck to you, it is out of my budget right now and trying to tell the wife that I need another vise after -will not work. She knows that I have three already and "Why on earth would you need another one?", even though this is about a 1/3 heavier than my 5 3/4". Send me pictures if you get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Lake Forge Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 It said it had no bids. Too bad i didnt see it a week ago, i would have bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Id say the lack of a bracket scared off the collectors and the price of shipping a 150 pound vise scared off everybody else..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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