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Picture Forum => 6 Inch & Under Club => Topic started by: mikeswrenches on February 08, 2017, 06:30:58 PM

Title: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: mikeswrenches on February 08, 2017, 06:30:58 PM

Finding this at the M-WTCA Peach Meet in Madison, GA just about justified the 7 hr. drive.

This must be the smallest vise that Prentiss ever made. The jaws measure just 1 1/4 in. wide and have a maximum opening of 1 1/8 in. Overall length is 4 3/8 in.

One side is marked "P.V. Co. N.Y." and 300 under that. The other side has an anchor symbol followed by line, which I assume means Anchor Line. Unfortunately this doesn't mean anything to me.

Interestingly, this is a patented vise, although DATAMP shows it as having never been made.
If you are interested, the patent information is below.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=703376&typeCode=0

As you can see, the vise is manufactured just as the patent shows.

Any additional information would be appreciated.

Mike

Title: Re: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: kwoswalt99 on February 08, 2017, 08:50:28 PM

Datamp lists a lot of things as having never been produced...

Title: Re: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: mikeswrenches on February 09, 2017, 05:31:18 AM

Kwoswalt99, thanks for posting the catalog sheet, however it brings up 2 more questions. Where was the Honeyman Hardware co. located? And what is the date of the catalog?

I found the answer to my first question; Portland, OR but not the second.

I have quite a few tools that are not in DATAMP. I usually try to send a picture so they can update the records.

Mike

Title: Re: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: p_toad on February 09, 2017, 03:01:30 PM

Nice looking little unit...   hard to believe after all these years that it's that clean...   :embarrassed:

Title: Re: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: kwoswalt99 on February 09, 2017, 08:00:12 PM

Catalog is from 1906.

Title: Re: Smallest Prentiss vise ever??
Post by: mikeswrenches on February 09, 2017, 08:57:35 PM

Quote from: kwoswalt99 on February 09, 2017, 08:00:12 PM

Catalog is from 1906.

Thanks,

Mike