u/Easy-Improvement-494

Image 1 — Found in the woods.
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Found in the woods.

My co worker was selling a property and he wandered down by the edge of a river bank where an old blacksmiths shop was and he found this old vise and brought it home and gave it to me.

I set it in a bucket of vineger for around 3 weeks and then stationed it on the bench temporarily and worked at it until it broke free.

I then cleaned it up a little bit, burshed it off basically and then dissasembled it, and reassembled it and oiled it up.

It's a Venderman #3 steampipe fitters vise, and it was made somewhere between 1890-1904, which is very cool, and it works perfectly.

I have no plans for this vise, except to use it or keep it on the bench, but I really admire it and figured I would share it with all of you.

I have no plans to restore this vise, I will keep it as is, if I give it to a family member or a friend and they wish to do that, they can, but I don't plan to.

u/Easy-Improvement-494 — 3 days ago