On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:43:08 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus3778 quickly quoth:

I ended up buying this antique or vintage vise

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150161889874

I really like the way it looks, like it came from the railroad museum.

My last girlfriend gave me one very similar to that one, maybe a bit
less beefy.

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