This came with a home I bought years ago and has moved with me over the years. Just mounted it back up to its 3rd home workbench and its going strong.

I may rebuild it someday, but for now, it's working great and if it ain't broken, why fix it?

Most likely manufactured in the mid 1920's so actually probably just under 100 years old, but whats a few years between friends when you near the century mark?

Nice big beefy boy!

Oh you meant a Colombian vise. I saw the title and was thinking of something else....

Is this the model with the swivel jaw?

Same! I was like "wait, cocaine's been around for more than a hundred years, right...?"

I prefer a Miami vice myself

I think it's called vice in English everywhere except in the US.

Correct, it’s spelt “vice” over in the U.K. Havinf said that I think the manufacturing company is called “Colombian Vise”

Correct, Vice is just fine in British English.

Buy it for longer than your life

He go the Colombian vice after the past owner pawned it to pay for his Colombian Vice

Pre war steel!

Literally just watched a guy on YouTube use of of these to make little containers lol

:D Yea too many garage beers before posting, but its been fun.

:D Yea too many garage beers before posting, but its been fun.

Unfortunately not, or maybe, fortunately? Simplicity can create longevity.

My last usage was having it hold my pool pump while I rebuilt it. Handy set of jaws for sure!

Oh and, link to video? Love to see it, I am addicted to these sorts of vids, its an odd hobby that can only exist in 2022 where YouTube exists..

Tx!

Not sure how I can get a url on here but if you youtube " free and quick, maintenance free micro geocache" you will find it. It's by a guy called geocaching with Darick... .maybe you will join the world of geocaching too :)

Garage Journal vise thread can nail it down and probably show you the catalog page it was first listed in.

Yes that is a swivel jaw and it looks like the original pin. If you pull the pin the static jaw will swivel and you can clamp odd shapes.

Shhhh

What's the difference? I imagine pre war is stronger?

I was able to find this advert for 1926: https://static.miraheze.org/visewiki/2/29/1926PittsburgAutoAd.jpg

Mine is the 403 1/2 Iron Machinists Vise.

That was a $450 equivalent tool back in those days!

Unrelated note: I saw a 403 1/2 in use by one of the judges on Forged in Fire during their judges challenge. It was an interesting coincidence to see it the same day I posted this.

It’s not contaminated with radiation. Fascinating stuff and disturbing when you really think about it. We can mark the exact date we poisoned the entire planet for thousands of years.

Woah!! I have pretty much the same vise!! And i LOVE it! Both of my vises are very old, and i love them so much!! Sooo beefy and insanely good steel

Looks really good! I love the old vices. I have a large columbian that i got used for a good deal. But after cleaning it i discovered a hairline crack. I want to get it fixed but I don't know where to take it haha

Ok so my mind was just blown. I had to beat on it a little, its pretty dry, but yup, sure enough, SWIVEL.

Thank you

Nice!

Geocache? Yes please, here are 3 I set into the wild 20 years ago!

https://www.geocaching.com/track/search.aspx?tx=9329bc43-04e7-4121-9a25-2b2e4e14b0fc&o=1&uid=0b10fcdd-05ff-41af-a37e-31187067918f

Awesome!! I just started and I love it.. hard to recruit any of my friends lol

I have a big Morgan Chicago vise around the same vintage. I use it all the time. This is one of those heirloom tools that get passed down for generations. Though this one is on the smaller size, a slightly larger vise of equivalent quality today can easily cost over $1,000.

Ive got a couple old wilton vises and an athol vise at home that i use all the time. Cheapish used though have gone up in price in the past 5 to 10 years thanks to anerican pickers and forged in fire.