Here's an old Marples branded vise. The company is more known for its chisels and we don't have an accurate way to determine the age of the vise, perhaps its a product of the 1962 acquisition of the company by the Record Tool Company and William Ridgway.
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Marples Shamrock steel bench vises appear as early as the 1938 Marples catalog, so we can safely say "pre-war" overall. The face of the vise in your pics looks to me like a 1950's model 4682, if I had to guess.
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https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2020/11/24/62_tail_viceirwin_record_1606200077_20174576_progressive.jpg
https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2020/11/24/62_tail_viceirwin_record_1606200077_bd380f91_progressive.jpg
Thanks, Dave! We thought it looked older than the sixties. The tail vice is beautiful, Unless you chanced upon a new one one in a box and could afford it, I expect the only way they would turn up is attached to an expensive old work bench, in which case you might just have to buy the whole thing.:-)
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