Blacksmith Vice
Added 2020-06-11 10:45:00 +0000 UTC
Hi all. Just a quick filler video for you guys on Patreon. I took a break from what I was working on for a couple of nights and cleaned up this old post vice.
The vice was made by W. Gilpin. I had no idea there were any maker marks on it until it cleaned up.
I’ve dated the vice sometime between 1864 and the early 1900’s. The earlier date is based on the word SOLID which is stamped into the barrel. ‘Solid’ means the thread inside the barrel is solid, as apposed to a wound coil brazed in. This feature was patented by Peter Wright in 1864 and became the standard there after. The later date is based on the fact that W Gilpin Co was gone by the 1920’s.
Comments
Exactly - I found myself saying things like "A wiser man would have kept track of where this was located..." and "But that's difficult to get hold of in NZ, so I used this..." in the driest manner possible. Great video!
Spinakerr
2020-06-14 09:23:10 +0000 UTCGreat to see, thanks for sharing!
Jeff Wallace
2020-06-13 22:49:05 +0000 UTCOnly way this could be better would be with the trademarked GC voiceover humour 😂
Wayne Uroda
2020-06-11 22:28:40 +0000 UTC
