Roger Mills wrote:

If you're thinking of buying one of ALDI's £5.99 table vices, don't
bother.
I have two vices, rather at opposite ends of the spectrum

a Record No 80 "Imp" that I bought when I was about 13

http://www.oldtools.co.uk/record-hand-tools/3837-record-imp-vice.html

and a Samsonia No 38A "Perfect" vise model J

http://i58.tinypic.com/opxxxv.jpg