Wilton bullet vise

[niffler]

I hit some yard sales this morning looking for gold and silver of course. No jewelry at any of the sales, but I bought this USA made vintage Wilton vise for $5. Got it home and looked it up, they go for +/- $250 bucks! Listed it locally on craigslist.

 

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[mick56]

Looks pretty nice. Especially if there is no welding on it, and the handle looks straight.

 

[diggummup]

Might do better on eBay. Should fit in a large flat rate box. Good luck either way. Nice find.

 

[bigcaddy64]

If you slide the vise open and look underneath, stamped on the keyway should be a mfg date of xx/xx. This was generally a “born on” date or a way to keep track of the 5 year factory warranty

That’s a great find. Yours appears to be a 50s -60s era

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Might do better on eBay. Should fit in a large flat rate box. Good luck either way. Nice find.

Great pickup! I agree with diggummup. I sold an antique vise a couple years ago on eBay. I broke it down and it easily fit into a large flat rate box. Something to think about.

 

[Baltimore]

Nice find! Definitely sell it on ebay, I actually just sold one. Sold it at auction, didn't do quite as well as I'd hoped ($203 final price), but I bought it for $25 so I'm not complaining. My buyer spent over $100 to have it shipped to thailand, crazy!

 

[goldenwonderbear]

For some reason these have a way of being "sneaky" valuable in the eyes of some tool collectors. Don't quite know why. I guess that's why i have dumbly passed up so many--especially in the 70's. good luck..........h

 

[zombieraccoon]

two things i love finding, old vises and old anvils. A quality modern machinists vise today can run into the thousands of dollars for a person looking to match quality at a fraction of the price these older vises always fill that niche. The modern cheap vises just are not compareable. Great find. And I usually list them on craigslist or offerup, do pretty well selling them there.

 

[tamrock]

That kinda stuff is in demand in recent times. I guess they don't build them like they used to, like a whole bunch of other things these days of planned obsolescence.

 

[niffler]

Marked 3 of 65. Thanks for the information everyone.

If you slide the vise open and look underneath, stamped on the keyway should be a mfg date of xx/xx. This was generally a “born on” date or a way to keep track of the 5 year factory warranty

That’s a great find. Yours appears to be a 50s -60s era

 

[bigcaddy64]

Marked 3 of 65. Thanks for the information everyone.

Your welcome. I’ve got a thing for bench vise’s, especially Wilton’s. These are a few of them I have in my office. Total number is around 30 for Wilton vises and 10x that for other brands

 

[billjustbill]

Now that's quite a "Jewel"!! Don't find those very often down here in Texas. Your workbench or Ebay will a good home for it.

Bill

 

[niffler]

Bigcaddy64, I guess vises are your vice. Maybe you should clamp down on that. Just kidding, I like your collection! We have a Wilton pneumatic vise at my work that we never use.