A reader, John, sent the link to this anvil-vise, recently sold on Facebook marketplace. The patent date is cast in the side, Sept 12 1912, but no makers name anywhere on it. Another little thing to research...
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| Thanks, John! |
Thanks to info from Andy T (in the comments), we find this is covered by one of several patents granted to a C.E. Shields and was made by Rock Island Manufacturing.
Check that patent date, then go to Datamp here https://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=1111103&id=12696&set=4
ReplyDeleteInventor was Carl Shields.
Much appreciated, Andy!
ReplyDeleteI think the wrong patent was posted. 1,036,155 is, coincidentally, the Rock Island vise I had in mind in my comment on this post about the Smart No 4 anvil vise:
ReplyDeletehttps://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2023/05/one-of-my-vices-is-vises-combination.html
The correct patent for the vise in this Mystery Monday post is here:
https://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=1111103&id=12696&set=4
This was lovely, thanks for sharing this
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