Unusual Vse/Jaws

[lptools]

Looking for info on this vise, around 10" long , 4" tall, 2" wide jaws, and weighs 8-1/2 pounds, wrench included. No visible markings!! I'm guessing it has a specific/crimping use, but could not find a match.

[mikeswrenches]

Hi Lou,
Nice find! Mine doesn’t have the wrench but is otherwise dimensionly the same. It was patented July 7, 1891 by G S Searle no. 455,414. It was patented as a pipe vise.
Mine is marked on the top of both the moveable jaw and the fixed jaw: Smart & Spencer, Salem, Mass.

They are stamped kind of light so you may have to scrub a bit to get it to snow up.

Mike

[JoeCB]

Something just doesn't seem right here... as a pipe vice, I can see that the lower notches might hold around pipe, but what good would the upper notches do?
Any chance that there were serrated jaws ? now missing?
Joe B

[lptools]

Hello, Mike. Thanks for the info! Not sure where I stashed it away, but if/when I find it, I will take a look!

[mikeswrenches]

Hi Joe, There is nothing missing in the jaw area. It follows the patent drawing.

Mike

[lptools]

Hello, Mike. Thanks for the Patent info!!

[Yadda]

Neat little vise.

[lptools]

Hello, yadda. Thanks!! The search is still on , now I'm not sure if I sold it!!