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Post by kingfisher on Dec 9, 2010 10:37:01 GMT
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Post by salmonshrimp on Dec 9, 2010 10:51:10 GMT
Get a lever operated vice never fails to open unlike this type of vice which can lock shut |
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Post by weefrankie on Dec 9, 2010 10:57:50 GMT
Buy the best you can afford i know of five of the above suppliers lever vices lying in bits,and have been binned after using bits for spares for others
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Post by salmonshrimp on Dec 9, 2010 11:04:29 GMT
Buy the best you can afford i know of five of the above suppliers lever vices lying in bits,and have been binned after using bits for spares for others I have 2 lever vices still going strong after over 20yrs tying semi professionally. A few hundred flies every week Of course your better if you can feel and test the vice in a shop before buying. Test with trout and salmon hooks |
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Post by hagar on Dec 9, 2010 12:28:08 GMT
Buy the best you can afford Seconded . |
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Post by kingfisher on Dec 9, 2010 12:37:08 GMT
Buy the best you can afford Seconded . That was the best I can afford ;D |
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Post by kingfisher on Dec 9, 2010 12:44:37 GMT
[quote author=deano
Get a lever operated vice never fails to open unlike this type of vice which can lock shut[/quote]
I imagine the strength/grip of the lever actioned jaws would reduce through time - no?
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Post by scanny on Dec 9, 2010 12:52:26 GMT
I'm still using a AA type vice I got as a mere bairn 15 years ago for £4.99, the clamping mech is fine, and a tiny bit of wear on the jaws.
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Post by salmonshrimp on Dec 9, 2010 13:17:18 GMT
Get a lever operated vice never fails to open unlike this type of vice which can lock shut I imagine the strength/grip of the lever actioned jaws would reduce through time - no? Mine haven't reduced I don't know how many different lever types are on the market though. I've tied thousands of flies |
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Post by hagar on Dec 9, 2010 13:23:32 GMT
I still have my first decent vice hidden away somewhere. A Veniard's Salmo bought over 40 years ago. And it still works.  Can't say the same about one or six cheapies that I've had since. It's usually been the jaws that go with me. Some very quickly , at that. |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Dec 9, 2010 13:35:11 GMT
Mines similar to this Veniards lever vice  Much better than the knob tightening versions. if you tighten the knob to much it's hard to get your fly out again |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Dec 9, 2010 13:43:18 GMT
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Post by hagar on Dec 9, 2010 13:53:31 GMT
Take it you kept that one away from the harbour then ;D ;D ;D Aye  But I recently got that one back again   Divers found it ;D A wee clean and a skoosh of WD40 and it's as good as new.  |
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Post by kingfisher on Dec 9, 2010 13:53:41 GMT
Very interesting, thanks for the information. Looks like I will some day have to invest in a more expensive vice to get the quality and longevity (yes even at my age)
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Post by stinger on Dec 9, 2010 15:23:16 GMT
Mines similar to this Veniards lever vice Much better than the knob tightening versions. if you tighten the knob to much it's hard to get your fly out again Unlike this:  ......if you tighten the fly to much it's hard to get your K^%* out again |
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