Christian Pipe Smokers

We all have our vises.

Here is one I recently put back into service. It's an Iron City Post Vise, all hand forged and forge welded, probably 100 years old.

It was rusted together pretty good and the jaws were bent and misaligned but I managed to heat them up and get them back into good shape.


BEFORE


Hand forged bolt and nut






AFTER

I put a nice coat of Boiled Linseed oil on it and it should now outlast all of us.

Nicely done, Jo.

nice

Pretty!

Respect to original smith. Respect to restorative smith.

Biff wrote: ↑17 Nov 2022, 12:19 Respect to original smith. Respect to restorative smith.

Very Very Cool!

Beautiful!

Thanks all, it works great. I have it mounted at elbow height for filing and light forging projects.

It should last several lifetimes!

Looks heavy. How much is shipping?

I am very impressed.